Closure device for connecting a container e.g. to a bicycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10703429-B2
Application number	US-201716327999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, in particular of a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler, includes a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element. The second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position. The second closure part is releasably connectable to the container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, comprising:
a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and
a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element, wherein the second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position,
wherein the second closure part is releasably connectable to the container, and
wherein the second closure part comprises a body and a fastening element which is arranged so as to be adjustable on the body and is realized to connect the second closure part to the container in a first position, and is transferrable from the first position into a second position in order to release the connection between the container and the second closure part.

2. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second closure part is connectable in a positive locking manner to an adaptor part of the container.

3. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the closure parts comprises at least one blocking piece and the other of the closure parts at least one locking element, wherein the at least one blocking piece engages in the locking element in the closed position in such a manner that the second closure part is held on the first closure part in opposition to the closing direction.

4. The closure device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one locking element is realized in an elastically resilient manner transversely to the closing direction.

5. The closure device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one blocking piece comprises a first latching projection and the at least one locking element comprises a second latching projection, wherein the first latching projection and the second latching projection engage one another in a positive locking manner in the closed position.

6. The closure device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one blocking piece comprises a first latching projection and the at least one locking element comprises a second latching projection, wherein the first latching projection and the second latching projection engage one another in a positive locking manner in the closed position.

7. The closure device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one locking element extends in a ring-shaped manner about the closing direction, wherein the at least one locking element, viewed along a circumferential direction about the closing direction, is opened by an opening, through which the at least one blocking piece is movable for opening the closure device.

8. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second closure part is releasable from the first closure part as a result of moving in an opening direction which is different to the closing direction.

9. The closure device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the opening direction corresponds to a rotational direction directed about the closing direction.

10. The closure device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein one of the closure parts comprises a pivot which engages with a rotational opening of the other closure part in the closed position and mounts the closure parts together so as to be rotational along the opening direction.

11. The closure device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein one of the closure parts comprises a pivot which engages with a rotational opening of the other closure part in the closed position and mounts the closure parts together so as to be rotational along the opening direction.

12. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first closure part comprises two first magnet elements which are spaced apart from one another transversely to the closing direction and the second closure part comprises two magnet elements which are spaced apart from one another transversely to the closing direction.

13. The closure device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the magnet elements of each closure part point toward the other closure part with opposite magnetic poles.

14. A bicycle, comprising a closure device as claimed in claim 1 for fastening a container to a frame of the bicycle.

15. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a two or three wheel vehicle.

16. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening element is arranged so as to be rotatable on the body.

17. A container for using on a bicycle, comprising a closure device comprising:
a closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, comprising:
a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and
a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element, wherein the second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position,
wherein the second closure part is releasably connectable to the container,
wherein one of the closure parts comprises at least one blocking piece and the other of the closure parts at least one locking element, wherein the at least one blocking piece engages in the locking element in the closed position in such a manner that the second closure part is held on the first closure part in opposition to the closing direction, and
wherein the at least one locking element is realized in an elastically resilient manner transversely to the closing direction.

18. The container as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the container is a drinking bottle, a tool container or a container for a battery.

19. A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, comprising:
a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and
a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element, wherein the second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position,
wherein the second closure part is releasably connectable to the container,
wherein the second closure part is connectable in a positive locking manner to an adaptor part of the container, and
wherein the second closure part comprises a body and a fastening element which is arranged so as to be adjustable on the body and is realized to connect the second closure part to the container in a first position, and is transferrable from the first position into a second position in order to release the connection between the container and the second closure part.

Assignees

• Fidlock Gmbh

Inventors

• Fiedler Joachim
• Botkus Breido
• Richter Friedemann
• SPINDLER JüRGEN

Classifications

• B62J11/04 Primary

  for bottles · CPC title

• F16M13/02 Primary

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

• F16M11/041

  Allowing quick release of the apparatus · CPC title

• F16B1/00

  Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts · CPC title

• H01F7/0263

  Closures, bags, bands, engagement devices with male and female parts · CPC title