Bicycle trailer seat recline

US11148560B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Burley Design LLC · US

Inventors

• Evan Einbender Aamodt · Philadelphia, US
• Mike Dotsey · Chester Springs, US
• Lindsay Malatesta · Lansdale, US
• Andrew J. Miller · Owensboro, US
• Erin H. Morrissey · Phoenixville, US
• Scott Spence · Dayton, US
• Jonathan Anderegg · Eugene, US
• Matthew Downing · Stourbridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62B9/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle seat recline adjusts the incline of a bicycle trailer seat back. The seat recline can comprise opposed gear racks engaged by gears at opposite ends of a cross member. The cross member is coupled to an upper portion of the seat back. Moving the cross member moves the gears in the gear racks and adjusts the angle of the seat back. The cross member is desirably selectively and simultaneously lockable to and releasable from any one of a plurality of positions along the gear rack. A lower portion of the seat back can pivot about a lower pivot axis. The gear racks can be arced to maintain a constant distance to the lower pivot axis as the cross member is moved and maintains a constant tension on the seat back. A plurality of seats with adjustable seat back reclines can be included in the bicycle trailer.