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Handlebar and grip apparatus and system

US10787220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 2015
Grant dateSep 29, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 6, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62K21/12
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A handlebar-grip system and apparatus comprising: a handlebar, the handlebar comprising: a center portion, a handle attached to a first end of the center portion, the handle comprising: a handle outboard and extending along an axial axis; a handle engaging geometry located on the handle outboard end, the handle engaging geometry is noncircular about the axial axis; a grip configured to slide onto the handle outboard end, the grip comprising: a grip central opening; a grip engaging geometry located in the grip central opening; a first portion that is circumferentially offset and axially coincident relative to a second portion thereof, where the first portion has a greater radial thickness than the second portion; where, with the handle positioned within the grip central opening, the grip is circumferentially keyed to the handle to limit rotation therebetween about the axial axis.

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