Bicycle trailer pivot assembly

US10913319B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Burley Design LLC · US

Inventors

• Mike Dotsey · Chester Springs, US
• Evan Einbender Aamodt · Philadelphia, US
• Andrew J. Miller · Owensboro, US
• Patrick Nolan · Royersford, US
• Noah E. Dingler · Phoenixville, US
• Sarah Campbell · Downingtown, US
• Lindsay Malatesta · Lansdale, US
• Erin H. Morrissey · Phoenixville, US
• Scott Spence · Dayton, US
• Jon Anderegg · Eugene, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2021
• Expiry date: May 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62K2025/044
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle trailer pivot assembly can comprise first and second yoke arms with respective first and second end portions and a pivot coupling the first end portion of each yoke arm to a bicycle trailer frame. The first end portions the yoke arms comprise respective first and second hinge portions that interfit and that receive a hinge pin that couples the first end portions together and to the bicycle trailer frame for pivoting about an upright axis. The first and second hinge portion comprise respective stops positioned to engage one another to limit the maximum distance to which the second end portions of the first and second yoke arms can be spread apart. The first and second hinge portions can comprise respective stops that limit both the maximum and minimum spread apart positions of the second end portions of the yoke arms.