Patents Assigned to Crank Brothers, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11638460
    Abstract: A mountain bike shoe sole, including an outsole having a lower surface and a tread, and at least a recessed area including an inner surface and at least one ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10981268
    Abstract: A multiple tool with an integrated case is described. The multiple tool includes a tool assembly that includes a first pivot on which are articulated a plurality of implements, each implement rotatable from an inactive position of minimum encumbrance to at least a working position, and a carry case for housing the tool assembly. The carry case includes at least a grip portion for manually holding the tool assembly with at least one of the implements in a working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 10697446
    Abstract: A floor pump comprises a support base, an outer rigid tube rising from the support base and delimiting a first air chamber, an inner rigid tube or shaft having a piston at one end and a handle at the other end, which piston is slidingly mounted within the first air chamber so as to compress air therewithin. The floor pump may further include a flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10595586
    Abstract: A mountain bike shoe sole, including an outsole having a lower surface and a tread, and at least a recess, provided in the lower surface, for housing a cleat assembly. The shoe sole further includes at least a removable shim, housed in said recess, suitable to be interposed between the lower surface of the outsole and the cleat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10583892
    Abstract: A clipless bicycle pedal including an axle, connectable to a bicycle crank arm, and a locking mechanism, connected to the axle, suitable to engage/disengage a cleat assembly of a cycling shoe. The locking mechanism includes a sleeve, inserted along the axle, an inner loop and an outer loop, inserted along the sleeve and free to rotate around the sleeve, so that the inner loop is contained within the outer loop. The locking mechanism further includes a cam, included between the inner loop and the outer loop, suitable to hold the inner loop and the outer loop in an engagement configuration of the cleat assembly. The cam is also suitable to allow rotational movement of the inner, outer loops relative to each other, from the engagement configuration to a disengagement configuration of the cleat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10479431
    Abstract: An adjustable height seat post including supporting means connectable to a bicycle frame, a quill associated with said supporting means and having a head suitable to clamp rails of a bicycle saddle, hydraulic adjusting means, associated with said supporting means, for lifting or lowering said quill in a desired position selected by the user, said hydraulic adjusting means including a cylindrical chamber inside which a piston assembly is foreseen, and valve means, suitable to selectively open or close an hydraulic path through said piston assembly for selectively lock or unlock the position of said piston assembly relative to said cylindrical chamber, and the valve means comprise at least a valve body, associated with said piston assembly, which is selectively rotatable from an open position, in which the hydraulic path is open, to a closed position in which the hydraulic path is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10422328
    Abstract: A bicycle pump includes a pump body assembly, a handle assembly, a flexible hose assembly, and/or a magnet. The pump body assembly may include an outer tube, which defines an air chamber, and a head assembly with an air outlet opening. The handle assembly may slidably be associated with the body assembly, and include an inner tube and a piston, slidable inside the outer tube. The flexible hose assembly may be suitable to be stored inside the inner tube when the pump is not in use, and suitable to be connected to the air outlet opening during pumping. The magnet may connect the flexible hose assembly to the air outlet opening of the head assembly in a removable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 10359033
    Abstract: A bicycle pump includes a pump body assembly, a handle assembly, a flexible hose assembly, and/or a magnet. The pump body assembly may include an outer tube, which defines an air chamber, and a head assembly with an air outlet opening. The handle assembly may slidably be associated with the body assembly, and include an inner tube and a piston, slidable inside the outer tube. The flexible hose assembly may be suitable to be stored inside the inner tube when the pump is not in use, and suitable to be connected to the air outlet opening during pumping. The magnet may connect the flexible hose assembly to the air outlet opening of the head assembly in a removable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 9797433
    Abstract: A remote control lever assembly suitable to be mounted on bicycle handlebars and the like, including a coupling portion for fixing the assembly to the bicycle handlebar, a lever support, and a lever movably connected to said lever support. The assembly further includes a spherical joint adjustably connecting said lever support to said coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 9656524
    Abstract: A unitary structure tire lever has an opening for the user to insert fingers and grab the lever when installing and removing a tire from a rim. The lever has a curved smooth installation hook at one end with a ridge to engage a lip of a tire rim during tire installation. The lever also has a curved smooth removal hook at the other end with a notch that enables the lever to pivot about the lip of the tire rim during tire removal. The removal hook also has a curved seat portion that engages with a bead of the tire during tire removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 9457460
    Abstract: A Multiple tool comprising a frame (2;102;202;302) supporting at least an holder (3;103;203;303) provided with a plurality of seats (4;104;204;304) for a respective plurality of implements (5;105;205;305), the holder (3;103;203;303) being selectively rotatable from an inactive position of minimum encumbrance to at least an opened position for the selection of an implement (5;105;205;305), and the frame (2;102;202;302) comprising an hexagonal recess (6;106;206;306) suitable for manually operate each of said implements (5;105;205;305).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 9227315
    Abstract: Multi-tool, including at least one pivot (2, 3, 202, 302) on which are articulated a plurality of implements (4, 5, 6, 104, 204, 205, 304, 305) each rotatable from a minimum size inactive position to at least one operating position, characterized in that said pivot (2, 3, 202, 302) comprises elastic retaining means (9) of at least one of these implements (4, 5, 6, 104, 204, 205, 304, 305) in operating position and/or in the minimum encumbrance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 8944502
    Abstract: Saddle for bicycle, comprising a shaped shell (2) for the support of the user and at least a rail (3) for connecting the saddle to a seat post, the saddle comprises fixing detachable means (4) of the rail to the shell, and means of regulation (28) of the rigidity of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Publication number: 20140165293
    Abstract: A Multiple tool comprising a frame (2;102;202;302) supporting at least an holder (3;103;203;303) provided with a plurality of seats (4;104;204;304) for a respective plurality of implements (5;105;205;305), the holder (3;103;203;303) being selectively rotatable from an inactive position of minimum encumbrance to at least an opened position for the selection of an implement (5;105;205;305), and the frame (2;102;202;302) comprising an hexagonal recess (6;106;206;306) suitable for manually operate each of said implements (5;105;205;305).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Publication number: 20140102267
    Abstract: Multi-tool, including at least one pivot (2, 3, 202, 302) on which are articulated a plurality of implements (4, 5, 6, 104, 204, 205, 304, 305) each rotatable from a minimum size inactive position to at least one operating position, characterized in that said pivot (2, 3, 202, 302) comprises elastic retaining means (9) of at least one of these implements (4, 5, 6, 104, 204, 205, 304, 305) in operating position and/or in the minimum encumbrance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Publication number: 20130192767
    Abstract: A unitary structure tire lever has an opening for the user to insert fingers and grab the lever when installing and removing a tire from a rim. The lever has a curved smooth installation hook at one end with a ridge to engage a lip of a tire rim during tire installation. The lever also has a curved smooth removal hook at the other end with a notch that enables the lever to pivot about the lip of the tire rim during tire removal. The removal hook also has a curved seat portion that engages with a bead of the tire during tire removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 8408573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stem for bicycle handlebar and the like includes an arm joining the handlebar with a fork. The arm includes a three-piece wedge on each end that is adjustable by a screw to tighten and loosen a middle clamp of the wedge. The wedge is moved to release and tighten the fork and the handlebar independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 8079610
    Abstract: A quick release camming mechanism is used in a seat post clamp that secures a seat post to a seat tube. Whereas prior art quick release mechanisms have only a single lever, this mechanism has two independently rotatable levers. About half the force is required to independently push either lever closed as to push both levers closed simultaneously. Similarly, about half the force is required to open either lever individually as to open them simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Publication number: 20100282017
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stem for bicycle handlebar and the like includes an arm joining the handlebar with a fork. The arm includes a three-piece wedge on each end that is adjustable by a screw to tighten and loosen a middle clamp of the wedge. The wedge is moved to release and tighten the fork and the handlebar independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: D739201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner