| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074551300 | Folding or adjustable | 35 |
| 20080202280 | ADJUSTABLE RISER ASSEMBLY - A vehicle, such as a snowmobile, includes a handlebar assembly for steering the vehicle. The handlebar assembly includes a riser pivotally secured to a steering shaft and handlebars pivotally secured to the riser. A clamp selectively engages both handlebars and steering shaft to fix the position of the riser relative to the handlebars and steering shaft. The clamp includes upper and lower clamps selectively drawn toward one another by a locking member embodied as a cam-lock including a rod having a cam eccentrically and pivotally connected to one end and an enlargement secured to the opposite end. A lever pivots the cam to shorten or lengthen the distance between a lower surface of the cam and the enlargement. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080289444 | MOTORCYCLE HANDLEBAR WITH SHOCK ABSORBER - A handlebar assembly including a pair of handgrip portions extending outwardly from a mounting portion and configured for generally vertical, arcuate movement relative to the mounting portion. One or more shock absorbing arrangements may be provided to produce a force tending to resist downward movement of the handgrip portions. Desirably, the handgrip portions are adjustable in height relative to the mounting portion. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090090212 | QUICK RELEASE STEM - A stem connecting the handlebars and steerable fork of a cycle has one tube attached to the handlebars and another tube attached to the steerable fork with the tubes capable of being rotated and locked with respect to one another. This arrangement allows for various configurations of the handlebars and fork including the typical riding configuration as well as an alternate configuration where the handlebars are ‘folded’ with respect to the fork. Change in configuration is accomplished without tools by way of a biased locking arrangement for the tubes. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090199675 | Handle stem for a bicycle - A handle stem for a bicycle, having a body and a lid, which can be fixed to the body, the body and the lid forming together a handle bar receptacle for receiving the handle bar of the bicycle, has a clamping ring being formed separate from the body and being inserted into a ring receptacle of the body for receiving the forked shaft of a fork of the bicycle. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090241723 | Folding structure for carrier's handlebar - This invention relates to a folding structure for carrier's handlebar, wherein it essentially comprises: a first joint ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100018342 | TELESCOPING STEERING SYSTEM AND WATER VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A steering system for a water vehicle includes a housing having a substantially cylindrical member, at least one case member extending through the substantially cylindrical member, a column shaft extending through the pair of case members, including at least one elongated hole disposed on opposed side of the column shaft, and being arranged to move relative to the pair of case members and the housing in an axial direction of the column shaft, and a telescoping mechanism partially disposed in the column shaft. One of the pair of case members includes a plurality of detents provided on an inner surface thereof. The telescoping mechanism includes at least one elongated hole disposed at one end portion of the telescoping mechanism, a locking pin extending through the at least one elongated hole in the telescoping mechanism and the at least one elongated hole in the column shaft, and a lever disposed at an opposite end portion from the one end portion of the telescoping mechanism. The lever is movable to move the locking pin into and out of engagement with respective ones of the plurality of detents to enable the column shaft to be selectively moved relative to the pair of case members and the housing and fixed at a desired location relative to the pair of case members and the housing. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100132502 | QUICK RELEASE STEM - A stem connecting the handlebars and steerable fork of a cycle has one tube attached to the handlebars and another tube attached to the steerable fork with the tubes capable of being rotated and locked with respect to one another. This arrangement allows for various configurations of the handlebars and fork including the typical riding configuration as well as an alternate configuration where the handlebars are folded with respect to the fork. Change in configuration is accomplished without tools by way of a biased locking arrangement for the tubes. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100186544 | Handlebar stem assembly - A handlebar stem assembly includes a stem having a ridge axially on a top thereof and a sliding member is slidably mounted to the ridge and cooperates with a first end of the stem to define a handlebar hole in which the handlebar is secured. A passage is defined in a second end of the stem so as to be connected with the steerering tube of a front fork. A pivotable member is pivotably connected to the sliding member and urged between the sliding member and a portion of the stem. A spring is biased between the ridge and the sliding member. The sliding member can be moved toward second end of the stem to open the handlebar hole while the pivotable member is pivoted relative to the sliding member. The handlebar hole is partially closed by releasing the sliding member. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100199801 | AERODYNAMICALLY CONFIGURED HANDLEBAR ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE - An aerodynamically configured handlebar assembly for use in a bicycle includes a mounting head which has a rear clamping body for clamping an upper end of a steering stem of a bicycle front fork so as to cantilever a front aerodynamic body of the mounting head, a handlebar body which extends laterally from opposite sides of the front aerodynamic body and which has handgrips at leftmost and rightmost ends thereof, and an aerodynamic bracket member which is disposed beneath the front aerodynamic body and which has a rear crosspiece. The crosspiece is secured to a crotch segment of the bicycle front fork by a fastening unit so as to enable the bracket member to better support weight of the cantilevered front aerodynamic body. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100206123 | BICYCLE ACCESSORY WITH NON-CLOSING MOUNTS - An electronic bicycle accessory that includes a pair of mounting arms that extend in an opposite direction relative to a display of an electronic device. The pair of mounting arms are oriented in a generally C-shape to define a cavity between the mounting arms. Each mounting arm has a terminal end that extends to an over-center position of the cavity. When the electronic accessory is associated with a bicycle structure, the mounting arms deflect away from one another thereby allowing the bicycle structure to pass into the cavity. Once positioned in the cavity, the mounting arms provide a closure pressure that maintains the orientation of the accessory relative to the bicycle. When removed from a structure, no portion of the accessory remains behind. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100282017 | STEM FOR BICYCLE HANDLEBAR - In one embodiment, a stem for bicycle handlebar and the like includes an arm joining the handlebar with a fork. The arm includes a three-piece wedge on each end that is adjustable by a screw to tighten and loosen a middle clamp of the wedge. The wedge is moved to release and tighten the fork and the handlebar independently. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100326232 | Supplemental set of handlebars for bicycle - A steering system for a bicycle includes a steering post; a primary set of handlebars secured to the steering post; and a supplemental set of handlebars comprising a plate including two forward opposite extensions each having at least one groove, and two rear wings; a U-shaped handle element adjustably secured to the at least one groove by threading; and a clamp for securing the plate to the primary set of handlebars. A bicycle rider may rest the elbows on the wings with the hands gripping the handle element in a relatively comfortable riding manner. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110107872 | BICYCLE STEM WITH AN ADJUSTABLE TILT | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110132135 | APPARATUS FOR ROTATING HANDLE FRAME OF BICYCLE - Disclosed is an apparatus for rotating a handle frame of a bicycle. In order to facilitate the manipulation of a brake lever or a gear shift lever and further improve the convenience of the product, the apparatus for rotating the handle frame is mounted on the handle frame of the vehicle to allow the handle frame to rotate in a rotation direction identical to that of a handle and at a rotation angle identical to that of the handle, so that the handle frame rotates according to road conditions. A rider is protected from impact occurring according to the road conditions. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120079911 | Adjusting Mechanism for Handle Position of Bicycle - An adjusting mechanism for the handle position of a bicycle includes an upper cover ( | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120297922 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLEBAR STEM FOR A BICYCLE - A bicycle including a frame that has a head tube. The bicycle also includes a fork that is rotationally coupled to the head tube and that has a steerer tube extending upward through the head tube, a wheel rotationally coupled to the fork, a handlebar, and a stem assembly. The stem assembly is coupled to and extends from the steerer tube to attach the handlebar to the fork. The stem assembly includes a stem, a shim that is coupled to the stem, and a clamp contacting both the shim and the handlebar to secure the handlebar to the stem assembly. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130042719 | Multi-Level Handlebars Stem - A Multi-Level Handlebars Stem device for bicycles or stationary bicycles or other vehicles comprising a steerer bracket, such steerer bracket connecting to a steerer tube or stem adaptor, wherein the steerer bracket is connected to an upper bar and a lower bar at their first ends with through pins, wherein the upper and lower are connected to a handlebar clamp at their second ends by through pins, whereby a lock pin housed in the lower bar engages a notched wheel of the steerer bracket allowing the upper and lower bars to rotate with respect to the steerer tube or stem adaptor. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130220066 | BIKE AUXILIARY HANDLE CONNECTION DEVICE - A bike auxiliary handle connection device includes a main body and an adjustment unit. The main body has a guide trough and adjustment holes. The adjustment unit includes two receiving seats and two adjustment bolts. The two receiving seats have guide blocks at inner sides thereof. The guide blocks are inserted in the guide trough the main body. The guide blocks have threaded holes thereon. The two adjustment bolts are inserted through the main body and screwed to the threaded holes of the guide blocks. The two receiving seats of the adjustment unit are fitted on the front ends of the two parallel auxiliary handles. The connection device can be adjusted along with the adjustment of the distance of the two auxiliary handles. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140165773 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR SET - Bicycle handlebar set comprising: a lower part ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150360713 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLEBAR RISER ASSEMBLY - An adjustable handlebar riser assembly has an outer member, an inner member, a pin, a retainer member and a locking member. The inner member and the outer member have mating flat-bottom V-shaped faces. The inner member slides at least in part within the outer member. Each of the outer and inner members has at least one aperture through their flat-bottom V-shaped faces. The pin is inserted in an aperture of the outer member and in an aperture of the inner member. The retaining member is connected to the pin at one end while the locking member is connected to an opposed end of the pin. The locking member can exert a tension on the pin, pressing the outer member onto the inner member for locking these members at a selected position relative to one another. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160096580 | A SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF A GRIP ON A VEHICLE, AND RELATED METHODS - An apparatus for positioning and securing a steering grip in at least two different positions on a vehicle comprises a first frame configured to hold a grip that a person can use to steer and control a vehicle when the person holds the grip; a second frame operable to hold the first frame in a first position and operable to hold the first frame in a second position, wherein when the vehicle is driven by a person and the person holds the grip to steer and control the vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
| 074551400 | Sectional | 12 |
| 20080282835 | COMBINED STRUCTURE OF THE TUBULAR HANDLE - The present invention relates to a combined structure of the tubular handle, which is composed of several sections of symmetrically deployed sleeve combing elbow and holding tube; hence, every section of the tube can be optionally collocated with different lengths, angles, materials and colors; in addition, the tube body of said handle will be fortified to become studier and will reach the practical effect on avoiding the handle being deformed and fractured. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090188344 | HANDLEBAR - An adjustable handlebar for motorcycles and other vehicles where the angle of the handlebar relative to the rider can be quickly and easily adjusted and stay in position during the normal forces of use. The handlebar has an offset angled collet with flat sides which engage flat sides on the inside diameter of a tapered head on the top of the vertical portion of the handlebar. The collet can be removed, repositioned and reinserted to different positions in the tapered head to change the horizontal angles of the horizontal portion of the handlebar for the desired riding position and to hold the handlebar in position such that it will not move under normal forces encountered when riding. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100071501 | REVOLVING BICYCLE HANDLE - First and second handle bar segments located on respectively opposite sides of a horizontal connector is attached to a revolving bicycle handle. Each bicycle revolving handle has a control member rotatably coupled to a core member that is rigidly attached to the handle bar segment. A pin that is coupled to the control member and operated by a finger operated lever selectively disengages the control member from the core member to allow the control member, and a hand grip attached to the control member, to revolve 360 degrees about the handle bar segment. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120240719 | Adjustable bicycle handlebar - A bicycle handlebar includes a cylinder having two collars formed on each end portion, two arms each having a barrel disposed between the collars, two bars engaged through the collars and the barrels of the arms for pivotally connecting the arms to the cylinder, and two followers engaged into the cylinder and movable relative to the cylinder for moving the barrels of the arms to clamp and retain the bars to the cylinder at the selected position and to retain the barrels of the arms at the selected angular position relative to the cylinder, the arms are adjustable relative to the cylinder to the selected angular position and the bars are movable relative to the cylinder to the selected position when the followers are released. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130167684 | Folding Handlebar Mechanism and Folding Vehicle Having Same - A folding handlebar mechanism includes a steering tube, a stem assembly mounted on the steering tube, two handlebars rotatably and slidably mounted into two distal ends of the stem assembly, a repressed member abutted against the stem assembly, and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly is operable between a tighten mode and a loose mode to cause the two handlebars selectively rotatable and slidable with respect to the two opposite ends of the stem assembly. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140137699 | TELESCOPIC HANDLE BARS - Handle bars that may extend in length are provided. The handle bars may include an upper handle bar portion and a lower handle bar portion. At least one of the upper handle bar portion and the lower handle bar portion may include a housing and a tube that fits within the housing. The upper handle bar portion may be expanded linearly relative to the lower handle bar portion and therefore may increase the length of the handle bars. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140144280 | RETRACTABLE HANDLE FOR MOBILITY SCOOTER - A retractable handle includes a handle and at least one tubular member is movably mounted to the handle. A resilient member is located between the handle and the at least one tubular member. A positioning unit is connected to the handle and the tubular member so as to position the tubular members to the handle. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140251072 | SKATEBOARD/SNOWBOARD SPINNING KNOB HANDLE - A spinning knob adaptable to a handle of a skateboard or a snowboard (hereinafter referred to as “board”), wherein the handle is fixedly connected to an abutment on any portion of the upper surface of board. Handle is fixedly attached to upper surface such that it is stationary during the operation of board. A bearing is disposed between knob and handle such that only the spinning knob rotates relative to the board. Rotation of the spinning knob can be bi-directional (CCW and CW) or only a single direction (CCW or CW). The handle can be a single, mono-structure with a fixed length or a telescoping configuration with multiple components in slideable engagement capable of being locked to form variable lengths or heights. Several embodiments of the board are possible by affixing one or more handles (telescoping or mono-structure) to the board at the front end, center portion, and/or aft end. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140366679 | MOTORCYCLE HANDLEBAR WITH SHOCK ABSORBER - A handlebar assembly including a pair of handgrip portions extending outwardly from a mounting portion and configured for generally vertical, arcuate movement relative to the mounting portion. One or more shock absorbing arrangements may be provided to produce a force tending to resist downward movement of the handgrip portions. Desirably, the handgrip portions are adjustable in height relative to the mounting portion. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150033904 | FOLDABLE BICYCLE HANDLEBAR - A foldable bicycle handlebar includes a fixing base having two holes on a hinge surface, two handlebar grips each having a joint with a hinge hole, an upper fastener fixed to the joints, two shafts passing through holes of the upper fastener, and a slider fixed to the hinge surface. At least one tenon is on a recess that is on a side of each handlebar grip. The hinge holes, and the two holes of the fixing base, and a gap is between the two joints. The slider has an inner surface, a protrusion is extended outwardly from the inner surface to the gap, and a mortise is formed on the inner surface, so that the tenon is inserted into or removed from the mortise. Whether the handlebar grips are unfolded for use or folded for storage, safety and reliability of the foldable bicycle handlebar are ensured. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160016633 | FOLDING HANDLEBAR MOUNT - An apparatus includes a base configured to engage a frame stem of a bicycle and first and second handlebar brackets rotatably coupled to the base about a pivot. The first and second handlebar brackets selectively support bicycle handlebars. The apparatus further includes a locking mechanism coupled to the base and selectively rotatably fixing each of the first and second handlebar brackets about the pivot at first and second positions with respect to the base. | 01-21-2016 |
| 074551500 | Simultaneously movable | 1 |
| 20100313702 | Bicycle - A bicycle is disclosed. A direction control device thereof comprises a handlebar, a steering stem, two adjusting stems, and a quick switch device. The steering stem is connected to the main frame and comprises a longitudinal rod and a horizontal rod. Each adjusting stem comprises an adjusting main body, a first clamping portion, and a second clamping portion. Both ends of the horizontal rod are clamped by each first clamping portion; the handlebar is clamped by each second clamping portion. There are two clamping states of the first and second clamping portions: a fastening state and a non-fastening state. The quick switch device is coupled to each adjusting stem and controls the clamping state of each first clamping portion and each second clamping portion. | 12-16-2010 |
| 074551600 | Continuous | 2 |
| 20130220067 | HANDLEBAR COUPLING AND ADJUSTMENT UNIT - A handlebar coupling and adjustment unit comprises a housing, a pivot pin, a manual grip and a retaining pin. The housing receives an end portion of a handlebar. The pivot pin joins the housing to the handlebar and pivotally supports the handle relative to the handle bracket. The retaining pin is connected to the manual grip and is linearly translatable in a first direction from an extended positioned projecting beyond the housing to a withdrawn position within the housing. The manual grip is rotatable while the retaining pin is in the withdrawn position between a locked position in which the housing holds the manual grip with the retaining pin in the withdrawn position and an unlocked positioned in which the manual grip is linearly translatable in a second direction to return the retaining pin to the extended position. | 08-29-2013 |
| 074551700 | With handle latch | 1 |
| 20100154583 | Collar Having Connecting Device for Attaching Bicycle Accessory - A collar for use on a bicycle includes a body for bearing a headset at a higher elevation with respect to a frame tube and safeguarding against a reversion of the headset to a lower elevation. The body includes an annular portion circumferentially attached to a handlebar stem which is attached to the frame tube. Further, a connecting device has a first end thereof including a joint connected to the body and a second end thereof including a quick-release mechanism to which an accessory is releasably attached. | 06-24-2010 |
