Patent · US Expired

Nubbed grip for rotatable bicycle gear shifter

US5857387A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateApr 17, 1997
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20828
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Nubbed grips for hand-rotatable bicycle gear shifters have longitudinally elongated groups of nubs (50) that are angularly spaced apart by valley regions (44). Preferably, the elastomeric nubs are formed both on a cylindrical portion and an adjacent flanged portion of the grip.

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