Bicycle cable keeper
US5568905A · kind A · utility
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5References
18Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62J11/19
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A bicycle cable keeper for attaching bicycle cables to the bicycle frame, the keeper being a small saddle with a groove along its outside arcuate surface and its inside arcuate surface to be clamped to frame tubing by an encircling strap within that outside surface. The inside surface has at least one concave recess to clamp around a cable when the encircling strap is tightened. The keeper may include two such saddles on opposite sides of a tubing and fastened thereto with a single strap encircling both saddles, one of the saddles usually including an enlarged recess on the outside surface to nestingly receive the strap buckle.
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