Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1987-09-29
1988-12-13
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
296 781, D12182, B62J 1704
Patent
active
047905557
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle fairing comprises a blunt molded body shield having a upstanding, rearwardly sloping, flexible, transparent windshield attached thereto. The body shield has a blunt end extending outwardly therefrom having an axis passing therethrough forming an angle with the rearwardly sloping windshield from a side elevation which is more than twice the angle of a rearwardly sloping lower surface of the shield. The body portion of the fairing above the axis in side elevation is approximately twice the length of the fairing extending below the axis. Accordingly, the windshield is high enough to shield the rider while the fairing extends downwardly enough to prevent airflow from coming up from the bottom onto the rider. The fairing is mounted at four fixed points at its extremeties for maximum rigidity and is easily adjustable and removable or can be permanently installed. The mounting points comprise a pair of angular mounting elements fixed to opposite sides of the body shield below the windshield, each of which have curved arms extending therefrom which are detachably mounted to opposite sides of the handlebars. A U-shaped opening in the lower surface of the body shield carries a U-shaped clip mounted therearound with the ends thereof mounted on opposite sides of the bicycle wheel fork. A hook is mounted on the stem holding the handlebars for engaging a hole in the windshield to hold the windshield in a folded position to permit the rider to stand and lean forward on the bicycle, e.g. in climbing steep hills.
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Camby Richard
Mitchell David M.
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