BE1026373B1 - BIKE WITH ACCESSORIES - Google Patents

Abstract

Bicycle (1), characterized in that at least one slot or groove is provided in at least one part of the frame (4) of the bicycle, of the front fork (5) or standing rear fork (6), of the luggage carrier (16) or of the horizontal rear fork (8 ') for holding or anchoring accessories to the bicycle.

Description

Bicycle with accessories.

The present invention relates to a bicycle with accessories.

More specifically, the invention is intended for ladies' and men's bicycles, with the aim of increasing user-friendliness and safety when cycling.

It. It is known that the visibility of a bicycle is important to promote the safety of the cyclist, especially at night.

Traditionally, a bicycle must be equipped with a front and a rear light and with a white reflector at the front and a red reflector at the rear of the bicycle.

Despite this obligation, many bicycles around 20 still drive completely without or without adequate lighting and endanger themselves and other road users.

Reflective strips are known along the edges of bicycle tires or to stick between the spokes of the wheels, so as to increase visibility at night. These reflective aids have the disadvantage that they are only seen when an external light source shines on them, such as the lights of a vehicle.

The increasing presence of electric bicycles also allows their electricity source to be used for the lighting of the bicycle.

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Bicycle lighting with LED lamps allows more light to be obtained for less electrical energy and over a range of lifespan. Front and rear lights equipped with LED lamps have therefore become popular on bicycles.

These front and rear lights have the disadvantage that they ensure the visibility of the cyclist in the dark especially towards the front and to the rear in the direction of travel but not in one. lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of travel.

Another cause of unsafe cycling is the use of a mobile phone while cycling. A bicycle is not used. equipped to make handsfree calling possible and has no storage space around your cell phone or

j.5 to store headphones. There is also no provision to charge or keep a mobile phone, power source or tablet computer charged while cycling.

The availability of a charged mobile phone can increase safety and user-friendliness, because the cyclist can call hands-free or call for help in the event of an accident or can use the mobile phone as a navigation or GPS device.

25 The present invention has until target to the aforementioned and other disadvantages one solution ing to because they provides accessories in front of a bicycle .s and in means to

attach it to the bike.

To this end the invention relates to a bicycle, wherein at least one slot or groove is provided in at least one part of the. under a bike, front fork or standing

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BE2018 / 5393 rear fork, of the luggage carrier and / or of the horizontal holding or anchoring of accessories on the bicycle.

LED strips can be placed in the one or more slots or grooves that follow the contours of the frame, the front fork and the upright rear fork, the luggage carrier and the horizontal ci c ± 11 ur fork where a. v and zi η nage nge.br eight.

The slots or grooves may also be utilized to anchor one or more power sources, cellular telephones or tablet computers to the reed and to power them through an electrical network extending from a power source on the bicycle over the entire frame, the front fork and the upright rear fork, the luggage carrier and the horizontal rear fork and this through the slots or grooves in the tubes and through the top of the tubes that support and support them.

The necessary passage holes are provided on the inside of the slots and grooves and on the inside of the frame, the front fork and the upright rear fork, the handlebar, the luggage rack and the horizontal rear fork, so that an electrical network can be routed through the bicycle to make accessories provide power to the bicycle anchored in the slots or grooves.

An advantage of this network is that it is completely hidden from view and is not subject to climatic conditions.

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The LED strips are built into one or more lateral slots or grooves provided in the frame of the bicycle, in the front fork on the side and front and in the standing rear fork on the side and back, in the horizontal rear fork on the side and in the luggage rack and its supporting elements, wherein these slots can also be used for anchoring other accessories such as sensors in connection with the LED strips, theft prevention means, such as a camera or an electronic lock, or a tracking unit to communicate the position of the bicycle.

These slots can also be used for anchoring conduits for foldable or rollable solar cells, which are arranged on the frame or were already provided in the material during the construction of the tubes from which the frame is assembled.

The advantage of the side slots is that the LED strips can be accommodated in the bicycle parts without causing any unevenness on the surface, so that the same smooth surface is preserved as a bicycle without LED strips.

In an alternative embodiment, the uED strips run in the longitudinal axis itself of the frame homework, the front fork, the standing and horizontal rear fork luggage carrier and their light is through a transparence window in the flanks of these parts.

An advantage of such centrally built-in LED strips is that they are protected against climatic influences and

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H.en additional advantage of dergelijre LED ^- strips is that they are flexible and curved contours follow, as occurs in women's cycling more.

An additional advantage of such LED strips is that they can take on different colors and can blink, and can also display messages entered via an app, whereby these messages can be warnings but also commercial messages are possible.

For example, it is just conceivable that the contour relationship with LED strips on the right-hand side and on the left-hand side of the bicycle has a different color, such as, for example, green on the right-hand side and red on the left-hand side, as is usual in the on-board lighting of a ship.

It is also possible to have the LED strips change color or to flash, for example when a set safety limit is exceeded, such as a speed limit and so on.

It is also conceivable that at the rear of the luggage rack, in addition to a rear light and at the front of the handlebars, direction indicators to the left and right are provided in the form of an illuminating arrow that can be operated by the driver of the bicycle, for example in the form of flashing LED light sources.

To that end, the handlebars of the handlebar are preferably provided with switches with which the direction indicators turn on

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BE2018 / 5393 the handlebar and the rear seat can be operated from the luggage rack.

The beet can be provided at the front of the handlebar and / or at the back of the luggage carrier with an LED panel on which messages, whether or not of a commercial nature, can be displayed. The LED panel could of course also act as light, so that only one element is needed.

It goes without saying that the LED strips can also be replaced by fluorescent strips that do not require electricity but still provide increased visibility.

It is also obvious that the LED strips or fluorescent strips can be applied to an existing bicycle in the form of a flexible sleeve that is slid over a part of the bicycle and which is provided with an LED strip or fluorescent on the outside strip ai then not mounted in a groove of the sleeve.

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Preferably, however, recesses are provided in the parts to be provided with the LED strips, which allow one or more strips of appropriate length to be slid into the part via one end of the recess before the bicycle is fully assembled,

The electrical network of the bicycle is connected to a battery on the bicycle that serves as a power source and that can be charged to a public network or to 30 foldable or rollable solar cells that are engraved on the frame or have already been provided with the material at the construction of the tubes that make up the frame

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Preferably, the electrical network of the bicycle is connected to one or more opiaad locations on the bicycle for mobile phones or tablet computers. This makes it possible to keep a current or a mobile telephone charged during use as a navigation means, for example with solar cells anchored in the environment or flexible solar panels incorporated in the bicycle frame or accessories thereof.

To that end can send a st foreseen be with a electris the connection to which a model, e phone or power supply on can connected and placed turn into , That to provide Ingen has to. handsvï row to belle n and around the nice eΊ e telephone positioners ϊπ for it use as

navigation device or GPS, z0 Preferably, one or more mobile telephones or tablet computers are provided with a program or app with which the cyclist's ej.eki.dsch network is controlled to control the illumination of the net, display messages whether or not of a commercial nature, including the LED25 strips lighting with direction indicators, and to set safety limits such as the maximum speed from which, for example, the LED lighting must flash.

The saddle is preferably provided with a compartment for storing and charging a mobile telephone, wherein the saddle can be folded up. access to

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In addition, compartments can also be provided on the frame of the bicycle, in which mobile telephones or other electronic devices can be stored and charged. It is also possible to provide such a lockable compartment in the luggage carrier of the bicycle for storing and charging electronic devices or mobile telephones, where the battery of an electric bicycle is usually located, or in another place,

With the insight to better demonstrate the features of the invention, a preferred embodiment of safety features for a bicycle according to the invention is described below, as an example, without any limiting character, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

figure 1 schematically and in side view shows a men's bicycle with accessories according to the invention;

figure 2 schematically and in side view shows a ladies bicycle with accessories according to the invention;

figure 3 represents a section along line III-III of a frame tube of the bicycle in figure 1;

figure 4 represents in perspective a connection of a saddle tube to a tube of the bottom bracket with the horizontal rear fork of the bicycle in figure 1;

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the connection of the upright rear fork to the seat tube of a bicycle with accessories;

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BE2018 / 5393 figure 6 represents a luggage carrier with side and top slots of the bicycle in figure 1 in perspective.

Figure 1 shows a pedestrian bicycle 1 with accessories according to the invention which is provided with an electrical network 2 for supplying LED strips 3 which contour the quay. Ί, the front fork o, ue standing acipper fork. 6, the luggage carrier / with its supports 7 'and the horizontal rear fork 8' follow. The electrical network 2 also powers one or more mobile phones 9 or tablet computers' 10. The folding saddle 11 gives access to a compartment 12 in which a mobile telephone 9 can be raised and charged.

turn into. A second compartment 13 for the store and 15 load from a battery or mobile phone 9 is located in front between the frame tubes 4.

Figure 2 shows a ladies' bicycle 14 with the same accessories as in Figure 1, but with the second compartment 13 for storing and charging a power source or a mobile telephone now located in a different location on the frame of the bicycle, the electrical network 2 extends from a battery 15 over the here further 4, the front fork 5 and the standing antenna fork 6, a luggage carrier 16 and the horizontal rear fork

8 'and. this through the inside of the tubes that form these parts,

Figure 3 shows a cross-section 17 through a frame tube 4 of the bicycle in Figure 1, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the frame tube, the recesses 18, 19 being visible at both franks of the retaining tube 4, in which the LED2018 / 5393

BE2018 / 5393 straps gsp ^ atatBi. and also channels 20, 21 can be seen, in which the electrical wiring 22 of the electrical network 2 can be guided through the inside 23 of the tubes.

Figure 4 shows on a larger scale the connection 24 of the seed tube 4 and of the horizontal rear fork 8 'to a tube 25 in which the bottom bracket 26 is arranged. The horizontal rear fork 8 'of the bottom bracket is provided with at least one lateral lu recess 19 for an LED strip, which opens onto a through-hole 2 / through which the electrical wiring 2 runs to the' 'locations of the D-strip, without visible on the outside of the bike.

1.5 Figure 11 shows, on a larger scale, the connection 28 of the upright ... on the frame tube 4, which forms the seed tube and is provided with a suture 29 for anchoring a luggage carrier. Both tubes 6 of the standing rear fork are provided with recesses 19 for it. positions of nED strips, in which one can see the passage holes 27 through which the electrical wiring 2 runs to the LED strip to be placed without being visible on the outside of the bicycle.

Figure 6 too nt in persp "Ectively a luggage carrier 16 of a bicycle 14 with to belong wherein the luggage carrier to provide is of a point of attachment 30 for anchoring of the luggage rack ger 16 to honor i frame tube 4 of the bicycle : and also to provide is of a rechargeable battery 15 and a compartment ent 10 for it save and charge a mobile

telephone 9 or tablet computer. The luggage rack 16 is further provided with. not shown laterally and at the top

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The operation of the bicycle with accessories according to the invention is very simple and as follows

The men's 1 or women's bicycle 14 is provided with a rechargeable battery 10 which is connected by means of an electrical network 2 to a number of accessories at several locations of the bicycle, for feeding LED strips 3 which contour the frame 4 , the front fork 5 and standing rear fork 6, the luggage carrier 7, 16 and the horizontal rear fork 8 'follow and for feeding one or more mobile phones 9 or tablet computers 10.

The electrical network extends over the entire frame, the front fork 5, the upright rear fork 6, and the horizontal rear fork 8 ', and this through the inside of the tubes forming these parts and through passage holes 27 which make the network invisible from the outside of the bicycle.

The bicycle is equipped with accessories to switch on the lighting of the bicycle, whereby the user can not only light the front light and the rear light, but also the contour lighting with LED strips 3 on the frame 4 and

Others parts of the bicycle that the bicycle also sideways good z visible. The LED strips 3 can thereby clamor be and have a different color on the left flank of the then cycle on the right flank, for example red and green, as is customary with ships and aircraft, or

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BE2018 / 5393 run messages that may or may not be of a commercial nature that can be given via an app.

The mD strips can provide uniform light, but can also blink. This can be used to warn the cyclist if, for example, he exceeds a set speed limit.

The cyclist can also use LED lamps in direction indicators 32, 33 to the left or right, which are located at the front of the bicycle and at the back of the luggage rack 16, for example. To this end, he has shippers on the handlebars to operate the direction indicators.

When cycling, the cyclist can use a hands-free mobile telephone 9 which is located in a dedicated compartment on his bicycle.

He can also use the mobile phone 9 to. to navigate by placing it as a G PS on a support provided for this purpose, while the mobile telephone remains continuously charged since it remains connected to a charging point on the bicycle. This. charging point can be powered from a battery that stores energy from z ο η n e c e 11 e n. or solar panels that are anchored in the slots of the frame or that are already provided with components of the bicycle.

In the event of an emergency, the cyclist can also use a mobile telephone, for example, this in the compartment provided for this purpose under the folding saddle, to seek help.

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ΗθL. goes without saying, the mormal telephone can also be provided with apps or programs with which the electrical facilities on the bicycle can be set, switched on and off or monitored.

just speaks too. it goes without saying that the bicycle can be provided with an automatic tracking device or tracker that makes the location of the bicycle known after theft, for example.

The LEL scrips can be replaced by fluorescent strips that do not require electricity, but can also have a positive effect on visibility at night, especially in the lateral direction.

The structural components of the bicycle such as the frame 4, the front fork and the upright rear fork 6, the luggage carrier 7 and the horizontal rear fork 8 'of the bottom bracket 26 are provided with recesses in which the tED strips can easily be placed during the installation of the bicycle or the repair of a defect.

The slots or grooves that form the recesses in which the

LED strips can be placed conveniently, preferably having an internal largest diameter that is larger than the width of the slot, through which the light from the LED strips flares towards points, so that the LED strips cannot fall out of the recesses.

by no means limited to the bicycle with accessories according to the invention as shown in the figures

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BE2018 / 5393 can be realized in all shapes and sizes without running beyond the scope of the invention, as it is represented in the following claims.

Claims (4)

A bicycle (1), characterized in that at least one slot or groove is provided in at least one part of the frame (4) of the bicycle, of the front fork (5) or standing rear fork (6), of the luggage carrier (16) ) or from the lying rear fork (8 ') for holding and anchoring accessories to the bicycle. IC vo according to claim 1, characterized in that in ae one or more slots or grooves LED strips (3) are placed which the contours of the frame (4), the front fork (5) and sLciance cichtervork (6) _f ce luggage carrier ( 16) and / or follow the horizontal acne fork (8 ') in which the slots or grooves are fitted. Bicycle according to claim 2, characterized in that the slots or grooves are used to anchor the LED strips and one or more mobile phones or tablet computers on the bicycle and to provide them with power via an electrical network (2) extending from a power source (15) over the entire frame (4), the front fork (5) and the upright rear fork (6), the luggage carrier (16) and the horizontal rear fork (8 ') and this through the slots or grooves in the tubes and through the inside of the tubes that form these parts. Bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that the 30 required passage holes (27) are provided on the inside of the slots or grooves and on the inside of the frame (4), the front fork (5) and the upright rear fork (6), 2018/5393 BE2018 / 5393 the stuu can carry the luggage and lying aft through the led. become lis ζιη stream. 5. ~ Bicycle according to claim 2, thereby characterized in that the LED strips built-in are in one or more lateral slots or grooves voc > see the framework (4) from the bicycle, in the front fork (5) on the side and front and in the standing rear fork (6) on the side and rear, in the horizontal acne fork (8 ') on the side and in the luggage rack (16) and are supporting elements, these slots too used can be, for it to anchor from others tc  ebb hearing. sensors s e line n 3 n cj with the LE ; D strips, d.i e f s t a l.pr event means there Being I, a camej or a electronic lock or a . rotate unity. around the po from to pass on the bicycle Bicycle according to claim 2, characterized in that the LED strs lie in the longitudinal axis itself of the homework of frame (4), front fork (5), upright rear fork (6), horizontal rear fork (8 ') or luggage carrier (16). ) and that their light is visible through transparent windows in the flanks of these parts. The bicycle according to claim 2, characterized in that the LED strips (3) verseh 1.1 can take on lenoe colors and can blink but can also display messages operated .pp where those messages are true 2018/5393 BE2018 / 5393 Bicycle according to claim 7, characterized in that the contour lighting with LED strips (3) on the right-hand side and on the left-hand side of the bicycle is different in color. Bicycle according to claim 7, characterized in that the LED strips (3) change color or blink when a set safety limit, such as a speed limit, is set. Bicycle according to claim 2, characterized in that the i. a little at the front of the steering wheel and at the rear of the luggage carrier (16) is provided with direction indicators (32, 33) to the left and right of the direction of travel in the form of flashing LED light sources. 11.- Bicycle according to cc inclusion 3, thereby characterized that it electrically just we rk ( 2) is connected to a battery ( 15) on the bike 3 that a 1 - straw omb r o n fu n g e e t and those opa Pine tree can become On a public, network or to foldable or 20 rollable solar cell i and, those on it frame (4) z i y n applied or r oaths were provided for just material Bee the construct ütie from the tubes from which the framework (4) J. s composed. The bicycle according to claim 11, characterized in that. the electrical network (2) is connected to one or more opiaad locations ii2, 13) on the bicycle for mobile telephones (9) or tablet computers (10). 13. Bicycle according to claim 11, characterized in that the mobile phones (9) or the tablet computer (10) are provided with a program or app with which the 2018/5393 BE2018 / 5393 electrical network (2) of the bicycle can be controlled to control the lighting of the bicycle, including the LED strips (3) lighting with direction indicators (32, 33) and on. vfe 1.1 ighe j.dsl xiiiites in ne sets such as ma X, i.mum cleanliness. A bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that there is provided on the handlebar a support with an electrical connection to which a mobile telephone (9) or power source can be connected and placed and has provisions for peeling hands-free and for the mobile telephone (9) to be positioned for use as navigation or GPS. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the saddle (11) is provided with a compartment (12) for storing and charging a mobile telephone (9), wherein the saddle egg can be folded up to gain access to this compartment (12). Bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that one or more compartments iten ( 12, 13) On it. framework (4) from the bicycle, delusion .n mobile phones ( 9) or other electron: ische appar ate (10) can be stored and uploaded turn into. 17. Bicycle according to claim 3, thereby characterized recognizes that a lockable c omp a r tim ent (10) provided is in the luggage carrier (16) out of 1 "something, for it store away and charging from e1e kt r on i s ch e devices (10) or mobi phone 2018/5393 BE2018 / 5393 A bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that the bicycle at the front on the handlebars and / or at the rear on the luggage carrier (16) is provided with an LED panel on which messages may or may not be of a commercial nature 5 are displayed. 19. A bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that the sueuven are used for anchoring conduits for flexible or rollable solar cells which have been fitted to the frame 10 or have already been provided with material in the construction of the tubes. which the frame is composed of. 20. A bicycle according to claim 3, characterized in that the slots or grooves forming the recesses in which the LED strips are placed have an internal largest diameter that is larger than the width of the slot through which the light from the LED strips extends outwards shines.