Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached cycle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-21
2001-02-13
Garbe, Stephen P. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached cycle
C224S448000, C248S214000, C248S229130
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186383
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to mountings for flashlights and more particularly pertains to a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles for releasably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of mountings for flashlights is known in the prior art. More specifically, mountings for flashlights 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. 4,390,927; U.S. Pat. No. 4,697,725; U.S. Pat. No. 4,541,555; U.S. Pat. No. 5,181,774; U.S. Pat. No. 5,144,546; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 353,986.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles. The inventive device includes a first and second support mount for removably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle. The handlebar of the bicycle has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape in a plane transverse to its length. The device includes a first support mount for mounting to a handlebar and a second support mount for holding a flashlight. The first support mount has a first portion and a second portion. The first and the second portions each have an inside surface, an outer surface, a first end wall and a second end wall. The inner surfaces are concave. The first end of the first portion is hingedly coupled to the first end of the second portion. A first bore is in the second end of the second portion. A second bore is in the second end of the first portion of the support mount. The second bore extends from the second end of the first portion through the outer surface of the first portion. A screw releasably couples the first portion to the second portion. The second support mount is fixedly coupled to the outer surface of the first portion of the first support mount. The second support mount is substantially annular in shape. The second support mount has a gap therein.
In these respects, the device for mounting flashlights to bicycles 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 releasably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of mountings for flashlights now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles construction wherein the same can be utilized for releasably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mountings for flashlights mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mountings for flashlights, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first and second support mount for removably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle. The handlebar of the bicycle has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape in a plane transverse to its length. The device includes a first support mount for mounting to a handlebar and a second support mount for holding a flashlight. The first support mount has a first portion and a second portion. The first and the second portions each have an inside surface, an outer surface, a first end wall and a second end wall. The inner surfaces are concave. The first end of the first portion is hingedly coupled to the first end of the second portion. A first bore is in the second end of the second portion. A second bore is in the second end of the first portion of the support mount. The second bore extends from the second end of the first portion through the outer surface of the first portion. A screw releasably couples the first portion to the second portion. The second support mount is fixedly coupled to the outer surface of the first portion of the first support mount. The second support mount is substantially annular in shape. The second support mount has a gap therein.
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 device for mounting flashlights to bicycles apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mountings for flashlights mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mountings for flashlights, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles 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 device for mounting flashlights to bicycles economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new device for mounting flashlights to bicycles which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming
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