Handlebar with an integral locking collar for its crank

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a handlebar with an integral locking collar for its crank, showing our new design, A rear view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view thereof, this view showing the crank rotated from a vertical condition and in a locked position with a removable locking pin fixing the position of the locking collar with respect to a hub member;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation of the invention thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view as shown in FIG. 2, this view showing the locking pin in a removed condition and hanging by its flexible loop;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D301439 June 6, 1989 Glasgow et al.
D341806 November 30, 1993 Loehr
3193305 July 1965 Hendricks
4270766 June 2, 1981 Thomas
4471972 September 18, 1984 Young
4621805 November 11, 1986 Chen
4705269 November 10, 1987 DoBoer et al.
4749182 June 7, 1988 Duggan
4842269 June 27, 1989 Huang
4846156 July 11, 1989 Kopnicky
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Patent History
Patent number: D374851
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 14, 1995
Date of Patent: Oct 22, 1996
Inventors: Robert P. Loehr (Neptune, NJ), Frank Treglia (Toms River, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Patrick J. Pinto
Application Number: 0/41,448
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Handlebar (D12/178)