Velocipede Type Patents (Class 280/152.1)
  • Publication number: 20020084612
    Abstract: This invention provides a scooter and a braking system for a scooter applied to the back or rear wheel of the scooter. A pivotally mounted mudguard may be attached to a drive lever to drive a brake pad into contact with the outer perimeter of the rear wheel. In an alternative embodiment the brake pad is pivotally mounted with respect to a fixed mudguard with a portion in the form of a brake pad or similar being a depressible portion protruding through or around the mudguard for access by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Kui-Wong Yeung
  • Publication number: 20020070525
    Abstract: A lightweight, easily removable, full length bicycle fender system designed to accommodate the tight clearances between the front and rear tires and the fork, frame, and brakes tire of modern racing-style bicycles. The front and rear fenders mount to the bicycles by means of hook and loop fastening straps and single support stays that are secured between the wheel quick release and the fork and frame dropouts. One embodiment is a sectional fender that can be disassembled and carried in a bag that attached to the bicycle frame or below the saddle. An optional tensioning means provides additional stability for the fenders and helps to ensure a tight connection of the sections of the sectional fender embodiment. The fender system includes optional front and rear mudflaps that provide front wheel spray protection for the cyclist and rear wheel spray protection for following riders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Ernest Thomas Smerdon
  • Publication number: 20020053776
    Abstract: A rear wheel and rear fender mounting arrangement for kick scooter includes two horizontal wheel holder frames fastened to a rear side of a footplate, a rear wheel pivoted to the wheel holder frames, two vertical suspension arms respectively fastened to the wheel holder frames by screw bolts to support a pivot bolt in horizontal, a rear fender pivoted to the pivot bolt and adapted for pressing on the rear wheel to stop the rear wheel from rotation, and a spring mounted on the pivot bolt to support the rear fender above the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Mey-Chu Lan
  • Patent number: 6367832
    Abstract: A retractable bike fender and housing are provided. The bike fender resides in the housing while it is in its retracted position and depends from the housing when it is in its extended position. The bike fender includes an integral light at the distal end. The light is powered by a battery and may flash. Elements of the fender may be coated with a reflective material which may be illuminated by the integral light as well as other light sources. The housing is designed to mounted about the seat stem to provide a barrier against water and debris being flung against the rider by the rear wheel. The housing may also be mounted about the handlebar stem to provide a barrier against water and debris being flung against the rider by the front wheel. The fender housing has an opening which permits the elongated fender to be extended and retracted from the housing. A hand operated drum within the housing may be rotated manually by grip hubs which extend through both sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Tim Vogel
  • Patent number: 6331011
    Abstract: Wheel guard for a two-wheeled vehicle comprising a device for detachably fastening the wheel guard proximate to the fork of the two-wheeled vehicle, in which the fastening device has at least one expansion element (10) that can be inserted into a tubular part (11) of the fork and clamped in place there, and at least one sliding element (12) that can be joined with the expansion element, wherein the sliding element can be inserted into a groove (13) or rail on the wheel guard (14), and detachably fixed in an end position. The object of this invention is to create a wheel guard for a two-wheeled vehicle with a device for detachably fastening the wheel guard proximate to the fork of the two-wheeled vehicle, in which the wheel guard can be disassembled or assembled easily without a tool, wherein the wheel guard fastening device is also suitable for two-wheeled vehicles with spring-mounted front wheel forks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: SKS metaplast Scheffer-Klute GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Feldmann, Oliver Wahl
  • Patent number: 6318743
    Abstract: A motorcycle in which a rear fender for covering a rear wheel is mounted on a rear frame including a pair of right and left seat rails for supporting a rider's seat, and a battery is contained in a portion, covered with the seat, of the rear fender, includes the wiring of a wire harness without exerting any effect on the width and height of the seat. A rear fender integrally includes a pair of right and left side plates and a bottom plate for connecting lower ends of the side plates to each other, and a battery containing portion for containing a battery is formed in the rear fender in such a manner so as to be spaced inwardly from the side plates. A pair of right and left wiring grooves are formed in the rear fender at positions between the battery containing portion and the side plates in such a manner as to be covered, from above, with portions of seat rails disposed between the battery containing portion and the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tai Nakashima, Noriyoshi Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20010008334
    Abstract: To provide a front fender device for a motorcycle in which a front fender extending on front and rear sides of a front fork is mounted on the front fork in such a manner as to cover an upper side of the front wheel. The device is intended to increase the degree of freedom in design while minimizing an increase in weight and reducing vibration and noise from the front fender. Garnishes are mounted on each of right and left outer surfaces of a front fender at a plurality of positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the front fender with elastic members inserted between the front fender and the garnishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Terunari Saiki, Kenji Mutou, Mamoru Otsubo, Hideaki Yamazumi, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kazuro Furukawa, Toshinobu Fujii
  • Patent number: 6217048
    Abstract: To provide a front fender device for a motorcycle in which a front fender extending on front and rear sides of a front fork is mounted on the front fork in such a manner as to cover an upper side of the front wheel. The device is intended to increase the degree of freedom in design while minimizing an increase in weight and reducing vibration and noise from the front fender. Garnishes are mounted on each of right and left outer surfaces of a front fender at a plurality of positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the front fender with elastic members inserted between the front fender and the garnishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Terunari Saiki, Kenji Mutou, Mamoru Otsubo, Hideaki Yamazumi, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kazuro Furukawa, Toshinobu Fujii
  • Patent number: 6199883
    Abstract: An articulated rear fender for a bicycle includes a clamp releasably mountable to a seat post and a fender body mounted to the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Jack C. Gable