Aerodynamic bicycle brake lever

Details Aerodynamic bicycle brake lever Aerodynamic bicycle brake lever

1996-09-16

1999-06-22

Jeffery, John A.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element

74488, 745022, G05G 1100

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059139439

ABSTRACT:
A brake lever assembly device is provided that can be mounted on the handlebars of a bicycle. The brake lever has a rear brake body that is coupled to at least one end of the handlebars and a front brake body that is pivotally connected to the rear brake body. The front brake body is moveable between an idle position in which the brake is not applied, and an engaged position in which the brake is fully applied. The front brake body is biased towards the idle position, so that the brake is not applied when no downward force is applied to the front brake body. Further, the front brake body is mechanically coupled to the bicycle brake so that pivoting the front brake body into the engaged position causes the brake to be fully applied. Still further, the front brake body and the rear brake body are coupled in-line with at least one end of the handlebars so that the rear brake body and the front brake body extend outwardly along a central axis of the end of the handlebars.

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patent: 5201243 (1993-04-01), Schneider
patent: 5584210 (1996-12-01), Gelbein
Excel Sports Boulder, dated Jun. 5, 1996, pp. 17-18.
Colorado Cyclist, dated Fall 1996, pp. 30-46.

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