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US 9,873,297 B2Granted
Tubeless tire rim clamp assembly
OwnerTimothy Voegeli, Philip Voegeliinventors
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Abstract
Described herein is a wheel rim clip or clamp that is used to assist the user in mounting or remounting a bicycle tire on a wheel, thereby allowing the user to use both hands in mounting the tire around the wheel (tubeless or a tube/inner tube assembly). Furthermore, the rim clip allows a user to mount or remove a tire from a wheel rim with or without a work stand.
Claims11
A bicycle wheel clamp assembly comprising:
- a first lever member having a flat jaw portion and an elongate first handle portion;
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- a second lever member having a rounded jaw portion and a second handle portion;
- wherein the first lever member and the second lever member are adapted to be operatively coupled at a pivot point such that the rounded jaw portion makes contact with the flat jaw portion to form a wheel rim gripping clamp assembly configured to stay on a wheel rim when the flat jaw portion is located on an outside surface of the wheel rim, wherein the first lever member includes a tool member disposed on an end of the first handle portion that is remote from the flat jaw portion, the tool member adapted for mounting or removing a tire from the wheel rim.
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A bicycle wheel clamp assembly comprising:
- a first lever member having a flat jaw portion and an elongate first handle portion, the first lever member further including a tool member disposed on an end of the first handle portion that is remote from the flat jaw portion, the tool member adapted for mounting or removing a tire from a wheel rim;
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- a second lever member having a rounded jaw portion and a second handle portion;
- wherein the first lever member and the second lever member are adapted to be operatively coupled at a pivot point such that the rounded jaw portion makes contact with the flat jaw portion to form a wheel rim gripping clamp assembly configured to stay on the wheel rim when the flat jaw portion is located on an outside surface of the wheel rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.