Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collapsible bicycle frame
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Application No.: US16970787Application Date: 2019-02-22
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Publication No.: US11407469B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Alan Brechin McFarlane
- Applicant: brechin design inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto
- Assignee: brechin design inc.
- Current Assignee: brechin design inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto
- International Application: PCT/CA2019/000026 WO 20190222
- International Announcement: WO2019/161482 WO 20190829
- Main IPC: B62K15/00
- IPC: B62K15/00 ; B62J1/08

Abstract:
A bicycle and frame are disclosed, including a unitary front frame and a rear frame. The front frame includes a down tube rigidly connected to a head tube, a steerable front wheel assembly, and a crossbar rigidly fixed to one or both of the head tube and the down tube. The down tube is connected to the rear frame at a pivot proximate the bottom bracket shell. The rear frame includes a seat tube, a bottom bracket shell and a chainstay, all rigidly connected at the bottom bracket shell. A frame lock is disposed at the rearward end of the crossbar, for locking to the rear frame to substantially immobilize the pivot, placing the frame in a riding condition. The frame lock, when disengaged, facilitates relative movement of the front frame and the rear frame towards each other about the pivot, in a common vertical plane, to place the frame in a collapsed position, such that the down tube lies alongside the seat tube and the front frame and the rear frame are nested.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210122438A1 COLLAPSIBLE BICYCLE FRAME Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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