Patents by Inventor Martin Hoerdum

Martin Hoerdum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8308178
    Abstract: A collapsible bicycle (1) has a frame (2) collapsible in its plane. The frame (2) includes a head tube (3) having a collapsible bicycle front side end (10) in which a front wheel fork (12), which receives a front wheel (13), is mounted. A seat stay (5) has an end (38) receiving a seat tube (39). A lever (6) is articulated at a first articulation point (50) at a collapsible bicycle rear side end (37) of the head tube (3) and at a second articulation point (49) at the end (38) of the seat stay (5) receiving the seat tube (39). The lever (6) is arranged to the collapsible bicycle front side in a riding position of the collapsible bicycle (1). A down tube (4) is articulated at a third articulation point (18) at the collapsible bicycle front side end (10) of the head tube (3) and at a fourth articulation point (24) at an end (38a) of the seat stay (5), opposite the end (38) of the seat tube (39).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Topeak, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Hoerdum, Christian Bitsch
  • Publication number: 20100148467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible bicycle (1), having a frame (2), which is collapsible in its plane, wherein the frame (2) comprises: a head tube (3), having a collapsible bicycle front side end (10) in which a front wheel fork (12), which receives a front wheel (13), is mounted; a seat stay (5), having an end (38), which receives a seat tube (39); a lever (6), being articulated at a first articulation point (50), being at a collapsible bicycle rear side end (37) of the head tube (3), and at a second articulation point (49), being at the end (38) of the seat stay (5), which receives the seat tube (39), wherein the lever (6), in relation to the seat stay (5), being arranged to the collapsible bicycle front side in a riding position of the collapsible bicycle (1); and a down tube (4), being articulated at a third articulation point (18), being at the collapsible bicycle front side end (10) of the head tube (3), and at a fourth articulation point (24), being at an end (38a) of the seat stay (5), whic
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Hoerdum, Christian Bitsch