Patent · US Expired

Water bottle cage for bicycles

US5145138A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1991
Grant dateSep 8, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62J11/04
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A water bottle cage for bicycles is molded from a resilient substantially rigid polymeric material and includes an elongated base portion, a bottom flange portion projecting from the base portion adjacent one end thereof and engageable by a portion of the bottom of the water bottle, and a cage portion. The cage portion has a pair of oppositely disposed arcuate segments, each joined at one end to the other end of the base portion and extending laterally thereof for engagement with the side wall of the water bottle generally circumferentially thereof and having its other end disposed generally opposite across the water bottle from the base portion, a pair of lengthwise segments, each joined at one end to the other end of a respective arcuate segment and engageable with the side wall of the water bottle, and an end segment joining the other ends of the lengthwise segments and engageable with a portion of the bottom of the water bottle. A retainer portion extends from said other end of the base portion and is engageable with the shoulder of the water bottle. The respective arcuate segments and lengthwise segments are resiliently deformable relative to each other and to the base portion…

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