Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-15
2001-09-11
Boehler, Annie Marie (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
C280S293000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286849
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a training wheel landing gear for a bicycle and more particularly pertains to a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle for safely making the transition between riding with and without training wheels.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a training wheel landing gear for a bicycle is known in the prior art. More specifically, a training wheel landing gear for a bicycle heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,474,319; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 284,879; U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,251,684; 1,154,089; 1,369,116; and 708,809.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle. The inventive device includes a pair of hubs being securely mounted about a rear axle of a bicycle; and also includes a pair of elongate support members each having a first end and a second end which is pivotally mounted to a respective rear axle of the bicycle; and further includes a pair of wheels being mounted to the second ends of the elongate support members; and also includes a releasing and locking assembly for releasing and locking the elongate support members relative to the hubs.
In these respects, the deployable training wheels for a bicycle according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of safely making the transition between riding with and without training wheels.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of training wheel landing gear for a bicycle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle construction wherein the same can be utilized for safely making the transition between riding with and without training wheels.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which has many of the advantages of the training wheel landing gear for a bicycle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art training wheel landing gear for a bicycle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pair of hubs being securely mounted about a rear axle of a bicycle; and also includes a pair of elongate support members each having a first end and a second end which is pivotally mounted to a respective rear axle of the bicycle; and further includes a pair of wheels being mounted to the second ends of the elongate support members; and also includes a releasing and locking assembly for releasing and locking the elongate support members relative to the hubs.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which has many of the advantages of the training wheel landing gear for a bicycle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art training wheel landing gear for a bicycle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such deployable training wheels for a bicycle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle for safely making the transition between riding with and without training wheels.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle which includes a pair of hubs being securely mounted about a rear axle of a bicycle; and also includes a pair of elongate support members each having a first end and a second end which is pivotally mounted to a respective rear axle of the bicycle; and further includes a pair of wheels being mounted to the second ends of the elongate support members; and also includes a releasing and locking assembly for releasing and locking the elongate support members relative to the hubs.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle that prevents the user from falling down upon slowing down with one's bicycle.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new deployable training wheels for a bicycle that allows the user to start oneself upon the bicycle without the aid of another person.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out
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