Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-20
2005-09-20
Kim, Chong H. (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
C403S344000, C403S373000, C403S374100, C403S408100, C403S409100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06945135
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle stem may include a body portion and a handlebar clamping portion connected thereto, and a handlebar clamping member cooperating with the handlebar clamping portion to clamp the bicycle handlebar. The handlebar clamping member and the handlebar clamping portion may each have a cavity in a respective medial portion thereof to accommodate an enlarged diameter portion of the handlebar. The handlebar clamping member may have a generally rectangular shape with a recess therein defining with the cavity a pair of spaced apart contact areas for contacting the handlebar. The handlebar clamping member may also be completely removable from the handlebar clamping portion in some embodiments, to facilitate installation of the handlebar. The handlebar clamping portion may also have a recess therein defining with the cavity a pair of spaced apart contact areas for contacting the handlebar. The body portion may also have a tubular shape with a hollow interior, and the cavity of the handlebar clamping portion may have an opening therein in communication with the hollow interior of the body portion.
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McJunkin Mark P.
Thomson Brian
Thomson Loronzo H.
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
Kim Chong H.
L. H. Thomson Company, Inc.
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