Abstract: A mount or holder apparatus and method for releasably securing a lock comprised of a U-shaped shackle and a cross-bar connected across the open end thereof to a bicycle. The holder comprises a plurality of mounting blocks, each mounting block having a first concave mounting surface of a predetermined axial length in which the lock may be cradled and an opposing second concave mounting surface of a predetermined axial length in which a portion of the bicycle may be cradled. The first and second concave mounting surfaces are positioned relative to each other so that the direction of the first axial length is transverse to the second axial length. Each mounting block includes a first means proximate the second concave mounting surface for securing the lock in the first concave mounting surface and a second means proximate to the first concave mounting surface for securing the bicycle in the second concave mounting surface.

Abstract: A suspender end adapted for use in a suspender set is disclosed. The suspender end comprises an elongated strip of flexible material having a middle portion and two end portions, each end portion of the strip including a fastening means, and a releasable fastening means of two parts affixed to the middle portion of the strip, the two parts of the releasable fastening means being laterally spaced from one another such that when the strip is folded on a bias over on itself, the two parts of the fastening means are able to engage each other and securely lock.