Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1998-05-04
2000-04-18
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
280295, 280495, B62K 2712
Patent
active
060505818
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle trailer hitch assembly including first and second hitch members configured as mirror images of one another, the hitch members being adapted and arranged for attachment to opposites sides of the bicycle frame adjacent the rear wheel. Each member includes a body portion having a first projection configured for abutting relation with the chain stay of the bicycle and a second arcuately configured projection for tangentially abutting relation with the seat stay, each of the projections having a fastener arrangement coacting with the body portion and the adjacent stay of the bicycle frame for enabling securing the hitch member to the frame. Both projections extend from the same side of the body portion with the opposite side of the body portion including a slotted socket opening for receiving the ball end of a trailer tongue fastener. The tongue fastener is retained in position by means of a pin passing through the opposing walls of the slot.
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Boehler Anne Marie
Roberts Edward E.
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