Collapsible Patents (Class 224/432)
  • Patent number: 11267527
    Abstract: Multi-mode auxiliary wheel system adapted for rolling a folded bike, comprising: an upper frame member, at least one supporting side frame member attached to the upper frame member and adapted for attachment to the foldable bike so that the upper frame member is positioned adjacent an upper portion of the rear wheel during an unfolded, ridable, condition of the bike, but adjacent a lower portion of the rear wheel and the ground during a folded, non-ridable, condition of the bike. Lateral and transverse attachment, detachment, and displacement, of the axle, whether horizontal pivotable displacement or not, are provided for with an axle member with auxiliary wheels thereon such that, together with a swivel caster auxiliary wheel, the system enables a user to wheel the bike when in a folded condition, in either a luggage cart type auxiliary wheeling mode or a shopping cart type wheeling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: William Ho
  • Patent number: 11052962
    Abstract: A bicycle comprising a front wheel and a rear wheel supporting a frame. The frame includes a vertical plate that is configured to support an attachment such as a cup holder, a front rack, or a front basket. In some configurations, a cup holder is provided on each side of the vertical plate. In some configurations, a front basket is foldable and/or removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Clever Silva
  • Patent number: 10589813
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blank for a collapsible, folded pannier configured to be mounted on a bicycle rack. The blank includes a bottom section that forms an item supporting surface when the blank is folded into the folded pannier configuration. The blank includes a lateral face section hingedly connected with the bottom section at a first fold line. The blank includes a medial face section hingedly connected with the bottom section at a second fold line. The blank is adapted to be folded from an unfolded blank configuration into a folded pannier configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Abraham Samuel Dubb
  • Patent number: 8973797
    Abstract: A folding pannier suitable for carrying a for accommodating a generally rectangular recyclable paper, or re-useable, grocery bag. The pannier manipulable between an expanded configuration and a folded configuration. The pannier featuring fasteners for use in securing a cover when in the expanded configuration and in securing the pannier in the folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventor: Damon Langlois
  • Publication number: 20140138417
    Abstract: A folding pannier suitable for carrying a for accommodating a generally rectangular recyclable paper, or re-useable, grocery bag. The pannier manipulable between an expanded configuration and a folded configuration. The pannier featuring fasteners for use in securing a cover when in the expanded configuration and in securing the pannier in the folded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Damon Langlois
  • Patent number: 8701951
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high voltage traction battery, a front door trim including a removable trim panel, a removable/portable bag integral to the removable trim panel for storing inside the front door trim when the removable trim panel is attached to the front door trim. A charge cord kit is contained in the removable/portable bag, and includes a charge cord for connecting to an electrical power supply to charge the high voltage traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Jonathon Lucas, Kathleen Pecoraro
  • Patent number: 8365969
    Abstract: A mobile carrier includes a generally planar cargo platform. The mobile carrier includes first and second opposed side rails, each side rail having a portion extending outwardly from the cargo platform, the opposed side rails being adjustably coupled to the cargo platform such that multiple distances between the outwardly extending portion of each side rail may be respectively maintained. The mobile carrier includes first and second opposed end rails, each end rail having a portion extending outwardly from the cargo platform, the opposed end rails being adjustably coupled to the cargo platform such that multiple distances between the outwardly extending portion of each end rail may be respectively maintained. The mobile carrier includes a rod. A receiving structure is configured to maintain the rod at multiple respective positions relative to the receiving structure, the rod and the receiving structure being separable from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Larry A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8322583
    Abstract: A collapsible detachable bicycle basket is constructed so as to be easily and readily mountable upon a luggage rack of a bicycle without the use of any threaded fasteners. To facilitate such mounting, the collapsible basket has a pair of spaced hooks attached to the top edge of one side of the basket and a resilient flexible connector in the form of a loop of bungee cord attached near the bottom of the same side of the basket. The hooks of the basket are receivable over a portion of the deck of the luggage rack and the loop of the bungee cord is attachable to a lower portion of the luggage rack to secure the basket to the luggage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Wald LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Crum, Jr., Dennis P. Pawsat, Chad D. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20120006872
    Abstract: A collapsible detachable bicycle basket is constructed so as to be easily and readily mountable upon a luggage rack of a bicycle without the use of any threaded fasteners. To facilitate such mounting, the collapsible basket has a pair of spaced hooks attached to the top edge of one side of the basket and a resilient flexible connector in the form of a loop of bungee cord attached near the bottom of the same side of the basket. The hooks of the basket are receivable over a portion of the deck of the luggage rack and the loop of the bungee cord is attachable to a lower portion of the luggage rack to secure the basket to the luggage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: WALD LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Crum, JR., Dennis P. Pawsat, Chad D. Williamson
  • Patent number: 8074852
    Abstract: A collapsible detachable bicycle basket is constructed so as to be easily and readily mountable upon a luggage rack of a bicycle without the use of any threaded fasteners. To facilitate such mounting, the collapsible basket has a pair of spaced hooks attached to the top edge of one side of the basket and a resilient flexible connector in the form of a loop of bungee cord attached near the bottom of the same side of the basket. The hooks of the basket are receivable over a portion of the deck of the luggage rack and the loop of the bungee cord is attachable to a lower portion of the luggage rack to secure the basket to the luggage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Wald LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Crum, Jr., Dennis P. Pawsat, Chad D. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20100282801
    Abstract: A collapsible luggage rack designed to easily secure to the existing backrest or “sissy bar” of a motorcycle. The luggage rack is designed to attach to the motorcycle using pre-existing holes that also secure the backrest to the motorcycle. A pair of adjustable mounting brackets allows the luggage rack to fit a wide variety of motorcycles. The luggage rack prominently features several panels that may be fixed in a number of desired positions by simply pressing a lever and rotating the panel to the desired position. Depending on the conformation of the panels, the luggage rack is thus adaptable to safely securing a wide variety of loads depending on the needs of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Willard, Allen W. Brunscher
  • Publication number: 20100224662
    Abstract: A collapsible detachable bicycle basket is constructed so as to be easily and readily mountable upon a luggage rack of a bicycle without the use of any threaded fasteners. To facilitate such mounting, the collapsible basket has a pair of spaced hooks attached to the top edge of one side of the basket and a resilient flexible connector in the form of a loop of bungee cord attached near the bottom of the same side of the basket. The hooks of the basket are receivable over a portion of the deck of the luggage rack and the loop of the bungee cord is attachable to a lower portion of the luggage rack to secure the basket to the luggage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: WALD LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Crum, JR., Dennis P. Pawsat, Chad D. Williamson
  • Patent number: 7341270
    Abstract: A rear rack for a folding bicycle. The rear rack includes right and left chassis bars and a support platform positioned above the chassis bars. Rear support struts are pivotally attached at their upper ends to the chassis bars adjacent their outer ends, the support struts having lower ends adapted to be pivotally attached to the rear dropout of a folding bicycle. Forward support struts are pivotally attached at their upper ends to the support platform adjacent its inner end, the lower ends adapted to be pivotally attached to the rear dropout. The forward support struts are releasably locked to the chassis bars when the rear rack is erected for carrying a load. A rear support strut is pivotally attached to the chassis bars adjacent their outer ends, and pivotally attached to the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Inventor: N. Hanz Scholz
  • Patent number: 6505765
    Abstract: An expandable saddlebag for a motorcycle that is adjustable between a contracted condition and an expanded condition. The expandable saddlebag includes a gusset, and a gusset closure mechanism that is moveable from a closed position to an open position to adjust the bag between the contracted and the expanded conditions, respectively. The expandable saddlebag also has a connecting device that allows for selectively opening and closing access to an interior cavity. The expandable saddlebag also includes a top cover selectively attachable to the expandable saddlebag in both the contracted and the expanded position. The expandable saddlebag also includes a saddlebag frame detachably secured to the frame of a motorcycle, and a handle to facilitate carrying the expandable saddlebag when it is detached from the motorcycle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick N. Proctor, Brian T. Nelson, Louis N. Netz, Michael J. Jarosz
  • Patent number: 6484911
    Abstract: Luggage container, the side walls (3) of which are flexible and at one end fixed to a top rim (2) and at the other end to the bottom (1) of the container, a limiting device (6) being detachable to and across the open top rim (2), strap members (5) being secured to the top rim (2) being securable to a base, thereby securing the container as such to a base as well as compressing the limitation device (6) and the side walls (3) together with the content of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventors: Thorbjorn Doler, Ole James
  • Patent number: 6279803
    Abstract: An article carrier for food and other small items that is supported forward of the junction of a bicycle handlebar and handlebar stem. The carrier is comprised of a frame, a means for stabilizing the frame, and, in the preferred embodiment, a flexible bag. The frame of the carrier has a middle section that passes under the handlebar stem and two sides that pass over the handlebar and extend away from each other and then converge toward each other, with each side having an end that terminates roughly in front of its respective side of the handlebar stem. A stabilization means, which is preferably an elastic shock cord, is attached to one side of the frame at a point in front of the handlebar and passed under the handlebar, over the handlebar stem, and back under the handlebar to a point of attachment on the other side of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: E. Thomas Smerdon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5522527
    Abstract: A beverage container fixing device for a bicycle includes a horizontal base member for supporting a beverage container, a vertical side plate having a lower end portion pivotally engaged with the first end portion of the base member, a bracket pivotally engaged with an upper end portion of the side plate and defining an opening therein for receiving the beverage container therein, a fastener member rotatably mounted on the side plate and defining a fixing compartment therethrough for fixedly receiving one of the horizontal handlebar, top tube and seat tube therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventor: Richard Tsai