Storage device for bicycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131393-B2
Application number	US-201615186577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A storage device includes an attachment unit and a storage unit. The attachment unit includes a bracket, a support connected with a bottom end of the bracket, and a first joining member. The bracket includes at least one through-hole adapted for attachment to a bicycle by a fastener. The support includes a first pivoting portion, and the first joining member is inserted through the first pivoting portion. The storage unit includes a container adapted for storing articles and a second joining member. The container includes a second pivoting portion pivotally connected with the first pivoting portion of the support. The second joining member is inserted through the second pivoting portion and is engaged with the first joining member. The storage unit is pivotable with respect to the attachment unit about an axis extending through the first and second joining members.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage device comprising:
an attachment unit including a bracket, a support connected with a bottom end of the bracket, and a first joining member, with the bracket including at least one through-hole adapted for attachment to a bicycle by a fastener, with the support including a first pivoting portion, with the first joining member inserted through the first pivoting portion; and
a storage unit including a container adapted for storing articles and a second joining member, with the container including a second pivoting portion pivotally connected with the first pivoting portion of the support, with the second joining member inserted through the second pivoting portion and engaged with the first joining member, with the storage unit pivotable with respect to the attachment unit about an axis extending through the first and second joining members, with the first pivoting portion including an aperture extending therethrough, two first positioning slots and two second positioning slots, with the first and second joining members inserted through the aperture and connected with each other, with the first and second positioning slots circumferentially arranged around the aperture, with one of the two first positioning slots located at one end of the aperture adjacent to the bracket, with another one of the two first positioning slots located at the other end of the aperture opposite to the bracket, with the second pivoting portion including two first positioning portions engageable in the two first positioning slots or the two second positioning slots, and with the second joining member located between the two first positioning portions, with the second pivoting portion further including two second positioning portions, with the first and second positioning portions circumferentially arranged around the axis with a uniform interval and peripherally spaced 90 degrees from each other, with the first and second positioning slots circumferentially arranged around the aperture with a uniform interval and peripherally spaced 90 degrees from each other, with the two second positioning portions engageable in the two first positioning slots or the two second positioning slots, with the first pivoting portion further including a guiding slot curvely extended around and interconnected with the aperture, with the second pivoting portion further including a guiding portion extended from one end face of the second pivoting portion and located between the second joining member and one of the two first positioning portions, and with the guiding portion engageable in the guiding slot corresponding to a pivotable attachment of the storage unit and the attachment unit.

2. A storage device comprising:
an attachment unit including a bracket, a support connected with a bottom end of the bracket, and a first joining member, with the bracket including at least one through-hole adapted for attachment to a bicycle by a fastener, with the support including a first pivoting portion, with the first joining member inserted through the first pivoting portion; and
a storage unit including a container adapted for storing articles and a second joining member, with the container including a second pivoting portion pivotally connected with the first pivoting portion of the support, with the second joining member inserted through the second pivoting portion and engaged with the first joining member, with the storage unit pivotable with respect to the attachment unit about an axis extending through the first and second joining members, with the storage unit further including a cover, a lever member, and a buckle member, with the cover pivotally connected with the container to form a containing space adapted for storing tools, with the lever member pivotally connected with the cover, with the buckle member pivotally connected with the lever member, with the buckle member engageable with the container, and with the cover pivotable with respect to the container to selectively open the containing space.

3. The storage device as claimed in claim 2 , with the first pivoting portion including an aperture extending therethrough, two first positioning slots and two second positioning slots, with the first and second joining members inserted through the aperture and connected with each other, with the first and second positioning slots circumferentially arranged around the aperture, with one of the two first positioning slots located at one end of the aperture adjacent to the bracket, with another one of the two first positioning slots located at the other end of the aperture opposite to the bracket, with the second pivoting portion including two first positioning portions engageable in the two first positioning slots or the two second positioning slots, and with the second joining member located between the two first positioning portions.

4. The storage device as claimed in claim 2 , with the cover having a third pivoting portion extended from one end thereof opposite to the containing space, with the lever member having an actuated portion and a first pivoting section disposed opposite to the actuated portion, and with the first pivoting section of the lever member pivotally connected with the third pivoting portion of the cover.

5. The storage device as claimed in claim 4 , with the container further including a first buckle portion located on one end thereof adjacent to the second pivoting portion, with the lever member further having a second pivoting section located between the actuated portion and the first pivoting section, with the buckle member having a fourth pivoting portion and a second buckle portion disposed opposite to the fourth pivoting portion, with the fourth pivoting portion pivotally connected with the second pivoting section of the lever member, with the second buckle portion of the buckle member engageable with the first buckle portion of the container.

6. The storage device as claimed in claim 5 , with the container further including a body portion, a sliding channel, and a sliding portion, with the body portion pivotally connected with the cover to form the containing space, with the sliding channel and the sliding portion formed on the body portion, with the first buckle portion located between the sliding channel and the cover, with the sliding portion located at one end of the second pivoting portion opposite to the first pivoting portion, and with the sliding channel engageable with the sliding portion to selectively connect the body portion to the sliding portion.

7. The storage device as claimed in claim 6 , with the sliding portion having an engaging slot disposed on one end thereof opposite to the second pivoting portion, with the storage unit further including a flexible member arranged at a bottom edge of the sliding channel and forming a flexible end capable of pivoting in relation to the sliding channel, with the flexible member including an engaging portion and a pressing portion both located at the flexible end and extending opposite to the body portion, with the engaging portion engageable with the engaging slot as the flexible end pivoted, and with the pressing portion adapted to be pressed by a user for pivoting the flexible end.

8. A storage device comprising:
an attachment unit including a bracket, a support connected with a bottom end of the bracket, and a first joining member, with the bracket including at least one through-hole adapted for attachment to a bicycle by a fastener, with the support including a first pivoting portion, with the first joining member inserted through the first pivoting portion; and
a storage unit including a container adapted for storing articles and a second joining member, with the container including a second pivoting portion

Assignees

• Chuang Louis

Inventors

• Chuang Louis

Classifications

• B62J9/40

  specially adapted for tools or spare parts · CPC title

• B62J11/00 Primary

  Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps · CPC title

• B62J9/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62J9/005

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62J11/04

  for bottles · CPC title