Arrangement for holding a device attached to a handlebar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501138-B2
Application number	US-201815992266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2018
Priority date	Jun 1, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to arrangements for holding a wristband device attached to a handlebar, such as a bicycle handlebar. The arrangement comprises a holder and a strap of a stretchable material forming an elastic strap loop. The holder comprises a plate-like middle portion having a flat surface on the top side to support the housing of said electronic device, and a first recess on the opposite bottom side for interfacing with a handlebar. It also comprises first and second bent outer portions attached to opposite ends of said middle portion adapted to support at least part of said wristband of said electronic device, and a pair of second recesses formed on the top side of said middle portion at its opposite ends between the middle portion and said outer portions, respectively. The holder is attached to the handlebar with the first recess mating with the handlebar and the elastic strap loop wrapped around the handlebar with a first end fitted in a first recess and the other end of said strap fitted in the second recess of said pair of second recesses.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for holding an electronic device provided with a wristband, such as a wristop computer, attached to a handlebar, the arrangement comprising a holder and a strap of a stretchable material forming an elastic strap loop, said holder comprising:
a plate-like middle portion having a flat surface on the top side to support the housing of said electronic device, and a first recess on the opposite bottom side for providing a mating interface with a handlebar;
first and second bent outer portions attached to opposite ends of said middle portion, said portions being curved downwards from the top side of the middle portion extending below said middle portion and towards each other in a C-shaped and flexible manner adapted to support at least part of said wristband of said electronic device; and
a pair of second recesses formed on the top side of said middle portion at said opposite ends between the middle portion and said outer portions, respectively; wherein

said holder being attached to said handlebar with said first recess mating with the handlebar and the elastic strap loop wrapped around the handlebar with a first end fitted in a first recess of said pair of second recesses and the other end of said strap fitted in the second recess of said pair of second recesses.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the top of the middle portion is a mounting pad made of a material that is softer than the holder.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the middle portion in the recess for the handlebar is provided with friction strips made of a material that is softer than the holder.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the top of the middle portion is a mounting pad made of a material that is softer than the holder, the middle portion in the recess for the handlebar is provided with friction strips made of a material that is softer than the holder and wherein said mounting pad and said friction strips are formed in a molding step as a single integral part of the same material.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second bent outer portions are arranged such that, when the arrangement is attached to the handlebar, the first and second bent outer portions do no interface with the handlebar.

Assignees

• Suunto Oy

Inventors

• Manni Jukka
• Reivo Tuomas
• Sepänniitty Mikko
• Lehtinen Ossi
• Komulainen Arto

Classifications

• F16B2/22

  of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material {(F16B2/205 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16B2/08

  using bands · CPC title

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title

• B62J11/00 Primary

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