Water bottle cage with tire lever

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9862445-B2
Application number	US-201615159861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	Sep 4, 2015
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A water bottle cage for a bicycle includes a bracket extending along a first axis and adapted to be attached to a frame of a bicycle. The bracket includes two first sides spaced from each other about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and a second side connected with the two first sides and facing a receiving space adapted for receiving a water bottle. The bracket further includes at least one attaching device arranged on one of the two first sides, and at least one tire lever is removably attached to the attaching device. The tire lever can be removed from the attaching device without the need to move the water bottle away from the receiving space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cage comprising:
a bracket extending along a first axis and adapted to be attached to a frame of a bicycle, with the bracket including two first sides spaced from each other about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and a second side extending parallel to the second axis and connected with the two first sides and facing a receiving space adapted for receiving a water bottle;
at least one attaching device arranged on one of the two first sides, with the attaching device including a first convex portion extending from the one of the two first sides, with the at least one first convex portion including a first section and a second section integrally connected to each other, with the first section extending parallel to the second axis between the one of the two first sides and the second section, with the second section spaced from the one of the two first faces and extending perpendicular to the first and second axes and on opposite sides of the first section; and
at least one tire lever including a slot with two shoulder portions extended from a lateral wall of the slot, with a joint portion formed between the two shoulder portions and a bottom of the slot engaging with the second section of the first convex portion, and with the two shoulder portions abutable against opposite sides of the first section to removably attach the at least one tire lever to the bracket.

2. The cage as claimed in claim 1 , with the attaching device further including a second convex portion extending from the one of the two first sides, with the second convex portion including a third section and a fourth section integrally connected to each other, with the third section extending parallel to the second axis between the one of the two first sides and the fourth section, with the fourth section extending perpendicular to the second axis and spaced from and on opposite sides of the third section, and with the tire lever further including a hooked portion removably engaged with the second convex portion of the at least one attaching device.

3. The cage as claimed in claim 2 , with the hooked portion having an opening removably engaged with the second convex portion.

4. The cage as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a support formed with a bottom end of the bracket; and
two symmetrical struts each having a bottom end integrally formed with one end of the support distal the bracket and a top end integrally formed with respective first side of the bracket, with the second side, the support, and the two struts forming the receiving space, with the first convex portion located adjacent to the support, and with the second convex portion located distal to the support.

5. The cage as claimed in claim 1 , with the at least one attaching device comprising two attaching devices respectively arranged on the two first sides; and with the at least one lever comprising two tire levers removably attached to the two attaching devices.

Assignees

• Chuang Louis

Inventors

• Chuang Louis

Classifications

• B62J9/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62J11/00 Primary

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

• B62J11/22

  specially adapted for tools (containers for tools B62J9/40) · CPC title

• B62J11/04 Primary

  for bottles · CPC title