Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached cycle
Patent
1996-04-29
1997-08-12
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached cycle
224431, 224429, 224428, 224448, 224275, 29768812, B60R 900, B60R 910
Patent
active
056556942
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a luggage holder, in particular for bicycles, for fastening a luggage container, being provided with a fastening part holding the luggage container, and a longitudinal beam fixed below the saddle and having a receptacle for inserting the fastening part, said receptacle being tubular shaped and its longitudinal axis being inclined downward in driving direction, and the longitudinal beam with its luggage-side end part on the rear section being fastened to at least one saddle spring.
PRIOR ART
The closest prior art upon which the preamble of the main claim is based, is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,566,617 in which a saddle seat pack assembly for a bicycle is disclosed which shows the features as stated in the above paragraph. The seat pack is thereby substantially accommodated underneath the saddle. Therefore it must not jut out laterally from underneath the saddle because in such case the cyclist would be hampered while pedalling.
From U.S. Pat. No. 4,643,343 a saddlebag has been known which is attachable to a fixture part underneath the saddle by means of a holder made of flat stock. Although the holder of the saddlebag may be pushed into the fixture part easily respectively pulled out of it, there is however the danger that it will detach unintentionally unless the bag is fastened additionally to the bicycle frame. Moreover, no lateral guidance for the saddlebag is guaranteed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide a simple formed and easily mountable luggage holder by means of which a luggage container may be attached behind the saddle in driving direction, so that it does by no means hamper the cyclist, and may easily be fastened and detached but is secured against an inadvertent detachment.
In accordance with the invention the object is obtained by the characteristics as shown in claim 1.
The invention presents the advantages with respect to prior art that the luggage holder which is mounted at the back or underside of the saddle respectively is very lightweight and yet is able to carry also heavy luggage containers such as a knapsack. Due to the possibility of fastening a beam underneath the saddle the beam is almost inconspicuous and adapts to nearly every type of saddle due to a simple mounting. In consequence of the inclined insertion with respect to the horizontal line, an additional locking of the fastening part associated with the luggage container as such is not necessary because the luggage container holds itself in the longitudinal beam due to the force of gravity and friction. An advantageous shaping of the fastening part for the luggage container keeps the latter dimensionally stable. Such advantageous embodiment is characterized in that the fastening part has the shape of a fork with spaced apart free prongs which engage into the luggage container.
Fork-shaped fastening parts which engage with the free prongs into lugs a luggage container for bicycles have been known from EP-A-0 413 106 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,440,332.
Advantageous embodiments of the invention are shown in the subclaims and the following description.
In the following the invention will be described in further details taking reference to embodiments which are in particular explained by means of the enclosed drawings in which
FIG. 1 is a sectional view through an embodiment of the luggage holder with a luggage container mounted to the underside of a bicycle saddle;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view along a line II--II in FIG. 1 through the mounted luggage holder without saddle in a scale which is enlarged with respect to the illustration in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view along a line III--III in FIG. 1 through the longitudinal beam in a scale which is enlarged with respect to the FIG. 1, with the luggage container and its associated mounting part;
FIG. 3a shows the cutout shown in FIG. 3 and encircled by the circle IV with another embodiment of the longitudinal beam in which its lower end is fastened also to the saddle springs by means of a fixed supp
REFERENCES:
patent: 4440332 (1984-04-01), Kullen
patent: 4566617 (1986-01-01), Jackson
patent: 4643343 (1987-02-01), Goldman et al.
Recla Henry J.
Shah Kam R.
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