JP2010285018A - Handlebar cover for bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handlebar cover having no rotation to the front when inserting a hand, in the handlebar cover of a bicycle adopting a flat handlebar. <P>SOLUTION: In this cover for the flat handlebar, a handlebar insertion port 14 and a hand insertion port 16 are provided in a cover body part 10, and a fixing member is provided in the vicinity of the handlebar insertion port 14. The handlebar insertion port 14 is provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to the hand insertion port 16. A rubber string 30 is arranged at a position corresponding to a grip end E of the handlebar in the cover, and both end parts of the rubber string 30 can be derived to the outside of a rear face of the cover and can be converged and fixed. The cover is made of two sheets of fabrics of a surface side fabric 11 and a rear side fabric 12 made of neoprene rubber. A slide fastener 20 is provided at the handlebar insertion port 14, and the cover is fixed in the handlebar insertion port 14 part by a fixed belt 25 and a hook-and-loop fastener 26f. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bicycle handle cover employing a flat handle.

Currently, cross-bikes are popular in the market.
This cross bike is a bicycle that is like a child of a mountain bike and a competition bicycle, and means a bicycle that combines the advantages of both.
In other words, mountain bikes have a flat handle (straight to the handle post and a straight line in the lateral direction), thick tires and a sturdy frame, and can be used on rough roads. It can be done.
On the other hand, a bicycle for competition is composed of a light and strong frame, and for the first purpose, the tire is extremely thin and employs a down handle.

By the way, from the viewpoint of energy saving and ecology, commuting to automobiles is avoided, and bicycle commuting and schooling are reviewed in consideration of health.
As a bicycle that is used every day as described above, a normal city cycle or a women's bicycle without a transmission gear is not sufficient. However, it is too much for a competitive bicycle, and a sturdy mountain bike is not suitable for commuting.

Therefore, cross bikes that have the advantages of these competitive bicycles and mountain bikes, that is, they are sturdy and can enjoy speed, have become popular.
This cross bike has a flat handle that is used in mountain bikes, whose wheels are usually thinner, stronger and more rugged than the usual city cycle, and the gears are also multi-stage with 5 or 6 or more stages. A transmission gear is used.
The present invention provides a handle cover for a cross bike born from such a situation, that is, a handle cover for a flat handle.

Of course, as described in the following patent document, there is a handle cover for a flat handle.
This conventional handle cover was previously proposed by the representative of the applicant of the present application, but the handle cover described in this document can freely change the direction of the insertion port of the bicycle handle.
That is, the grip end of a normal handle can be bent to the front side (rear side), or the handle insertion port can be changed to a direction substantially perpendicular to the hand insertion port for the current flat handle. What can be done is the feature.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-316070

In the case of the above-described conventional handle cover, when it is applied to a flat handle, when the hand is inserted into the hand insertion port, the cover moves forward with the handle fixing portion, that is, the fixing member provided at the handle insertion port portion as a center. There was a problem of rotating.
Especially in winter when the handle cover is used, wearing gloves and inserting a hand into the cover, the rotation of the cover in the forward direction causes inconvenience and stress during hand insertion. It was.

For example, when inserting the left hand into the handle cover, the right hand can hold and hold the hand insertion slot of the cover to prevent the cover from rotating forward, but then insert the right hand into the cover When doing so, the cover is rotated forward because it is performed with one hand, which causes inconvenience when the hand is inserted.
Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a handle cover for a flat handle which does not rotate forward when the hand is inserted.

In the case of the above-mentioned cross bike, a multi-stage transmission gear operating lever is provided on the grip front end side (center side of the handle post side) of the flat handle. No special measures were taken to allow the lever to be stored smoothly.
It is also an object of the present invention to solve this.
In addition, it is an object of the present invention to add various functions required for the handle cover, waterproofness and weather resistance.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the first one of the present invention is provided with a handle insertion port and a hand insertion port in the cover main body, and a fixing member for fixing the main body to the handle is provided near the handle insertion port. In the provided bicycle handle cover, the handle insertion port and the hand insertion port are provided in a substantially orthogonal direction so as to fit the flat handle, and the handle grip end of the handle is located at a position corresponding to the inside of the cover main body. A bicycle handle cover having a fixing means for holding and fixing a grip end.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first invention, the fixing means is formed of a string-like member, and the two ends of the string-like member are provided on the back side of the cover main body from the two insertion holes. The bicycle handle cover is characterized in that the grip end can be fixed by deriving from the above and converging and fixing both ends.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the cover main body portion is composed of two fabrics, a front side fabric and a back side fabric, and the outer peripheral edge portion and the inner peripheral edge portion are sewn. The bicycle body is characterized in that a cover main body is formed by, a slide fastener is provided at a joint portion of the inner peripheral edge on the handle insertion port side, and the handle insertion port is largely opened by opening the slide fastener. It is a handle cover.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the bicycle handle according to the second or third aspect, wherein a covering member for covering the insertion hole for leading the string-like member to the outside of the back surface of the cover is provided on the back surface of the cover. It is a cover.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in each of the above inventions, the cloth constituting the cover body is formed from a stretchable material such as neoprene rubber, and the string-like member is formed from a stretchable material such as a rubber string. This is a bicycle handle cover.

In the first aspect of the present invention, since the grip end of the handle is held and fixed inside the handle cover, the grip end can be fixed inside the cover by the fixing means. is there.
As a result, the handle cover is in a state of being bound to the clip end, and the cover does not rotate forward about the handle insertion opening, thereby allowing the user to operate without any problems. Can be inserted into the cover.

  In the second one of the present invention, the fixing means is more limited, the fixing means is formed from a string-like member, and both ends of the string-like member are led out to the outside of the back surface of the cover main body. Since these both end portions are converged and fixed, the fixing means can be converged and fixed outside the back surface of the cover main body.

  In the third aspect of the present invention, a slide fastener is provided at an inner joint portion of the handle insertion port of the handle cover, and the handle insertion port is largely opened by opening the slide fastener. For this reason, there is no problem even if a multi-stage transmission gear operating lever is provided near the center of the handle grip (close to the handle post). The lever can be stored.

In the 4th thing of this invention, since the coating | coated member is provided so that the derivation | leading-out part of a string-like member may be coat | covered, even when it is raining, there is little possibility that rainwater etc. will permeate from this derivation | leading-out part. .
The reason for providing this lead-out portion on the back side instead of providing it on the front side is also for this rain countermeasure.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a synthetic rubber such as a neoprene rubber (chloroprene rubber) having elasticity is used as the handle cover fabric. Because of the elasticity, the slide cover specified in claim 2 is used. This can be extended to easily cover the operation lever of the transmission gear.
In addition, since the string-like member is formed of a stretchable material such as a rubber string, the grip end of the handle inside the cover can be grasped more reliably, and the string led out of the cloth on the back side of the cover It is possible to fix both ends of the shaped member with good convergence.

It is the whole surface explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is whole explanatory drawing by the side of the back surface which shows the said embodiment. It is surface side explanatory drawing of the said embodiment, Comprising: The state which open | released the handle insertion opening is shown. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall explanatory view on the front side showing an embodiment of a handle cover according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an overall explanatory view on the back side showing the same embodiment.
The handle cover 10 is formed by superimposing two fabrics, a front fabric 11 and a back fabric 12, having a shape that can cover a portion of the handle grip G located at the end of the handle bar H. And the inner peripheral edge are sewn to form a handle insertion port 14 on the left side in the drawing and a hand insertion port 16 on the lower side in the drawing.
Here, the handle insertion port 14 and the hand insertion port 16 are positioned in a direction substantially orthogonal to each other. This can be adapted to a flat handle.

The front side fabric 11 and the back side fabric 12 are made of neoprene rubber (chloroprene rubber) having a thickness of about 3.5 mm, and are made of a material that is rich in elasticity.
In addition, the surface of the neoprene rubber and the back surface thereof are joined with a thin stretch fabric made of synthetic fiber such as nylon or polyester to make the surface smooth and slippery.
The outer edge portion 13 and the inner edge portion 15 are also formed on the outer peripheral edge portion and the inner peripheral edge portion where the front-side fabric 11 and the back-side fabric 12 are sewn by using a strip-like fabric made of synthetic fiber as covering.

Further, a hand insertion port edge portion 17 is also provided at the peripheral portion of the hand insertion port 16, and the material of the edge portion 17 is the same as that of the edge portions 13 and 15. This makes it easy to insert a hand into the hand insertion port 16 and also serves to reinforce the edge.
In this embodiment, an edge portion is not formed at the opening edge portion of the handle insertion port 14.

A slide fastener 20 is provided on the inner edge 15 on the handle insertion port 14 side.
The slide fastener 20 has an open end on the handle insertion port 14 side, a slider 21 is arranged on the handle insertion port 14 side, and the end 20 t of the fastener is combined via the slider 21. Is slid toward the hand insertion port 16 to close the fastener 20.
On the other hand, by moving the slider 21 to the handle insertion opening 14 side and separating the fastener 20, the opening of the handle insertion opening 14 is more greatly opened.

A fixing band 25 is provided on the back fabric 12 side at the center of the handle insertion port 14, and a surface provided on the back surface of the front end of the fixing band 25 on the front fabric 11 side at a position corresponding thereto. A hook-and-loop fastener 26f that engages with the fastener 25f is provided.
Thus, after the handle cover 10 according to the present invention is put on the handle grip G portion of the handle bar H, the fixing band 25 is inserted between the handle bar H, the brake wire B, and the speed change wire S. Then, the front end portion is engaged with the hook-and-loop fastener 26f, and the fixing on the handle insertion port 14 side is completed.
In the figure, L indicates an operation lever portion for operating the transmission gear.

In the present invention, the most characteristic configuration is a fixing means for fixing the grip end E of the handle provided at a position corresponding to the handle grip G of the cover 10.
As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the rubber string 30 is disposed at a position corresponding to the grip end E of the handle grip G of the cover 10.
That is, one rubber string 30 is inserted through the two insertion holes 31 and 31 provided in the back side fabric 12, and both end portions thereof are led out to the outside of the back side fabric 12. A fixing member 35 is provided on the front side of the end converging member 32.

The fixing member 35 is a one-touch fixing type currently on the market. More specifically, an inner cylinder urged by a coil spring is disposed inside the outer cylinder 35t, and the outer cylinder 35t and the inner cylinder are arranged. Each of which has a through hole in its diameter direction, and a rubber string is inserted through the through hole. However, when the position of the through hole is shifted in a normal biased state of the internal coil spring, The rubber string 30 inserted through the hole is fixed.
Therefore, when the push button 35p connected to the inner cylinder is pressed, the positions of the through holes coincide with each other so that the rubber string 30 can be freely inserted and the fixing is released.

With the above configuration, the grip end E of the handle is inserted into the loop-shaped rubber string 30 located inside the handle cover 10, and then fixed while pressing the push button 35 p of the fixing member 35 on the outside of the back fabric 12. When the member 35 is slid toward the handle grip E, the grip end E is bound by the rubber cord 30.
As a result, the grip end E of the handle is fixed to the back fabric 12 inside the handle cover 10, and the handle cover 10 does not rotate in the direction of the front F of the handle.

A covering member 36 is provided on the two insertion holes 31, 31 provided in the back fabric 12 of the cover 10 so as to cover the insertion holes 31, 31.
The covering member 36 is made of synthetic leather, has a substantially semicircular shape, and is sewn to the back side fabric 12 at the arc-shaped outer peripheral portion.
The covering member 36 is provided so that rainwater or the like does not enter from the insertion hole 31.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the front surface side of the handle cover 10 according to the embodiment, and shows a state in which the handle insertion opening is opened.
As can be seen from this figure, the slider 21 can be moved to the handle insertion port 14 side to separate the both ends 20t, 20t of the fastener 20.
In this state, the handle insertion opening 14 is almost doubled, so that a handle grip portion such as a cross bike can be covered easily.
After the handle cover 10 is covered, the end portions 20t of the fasteners 20 are coupled to each other via the slider 21, and the slide fastener 20 can be closed by sliding the slider 21 toward the hand insertion port 16.

In the case of this cross bike, the slide fastener is very useful because an operation lever or the like of the multi-stage transmission gear is installed near the center of the grip.
Incidentally, in the case of cross bikes, there are types in which this operating lever is provided on the handle grips on both sides, and various types such as those installed in the lower part near the center of the handle grip etc. Although there exists a thing, according to this invention, it will be able to respond to any type.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.
As can be seen from this figure, when the handle cover 10 is mounted, the hand insertion port 16 of the cover 10 is slightly upward due to the positional relationship between the handle grip G and the brake lever B, so that the user can easily insert the hand. It will turn.
Since the handle cover 10 according to the present invention uses neoprene rubber as the material, the handle cover 10 is excellent in shape retention, and both the front side fabric 11 and the back side fabric 12 maintain a plate-like state. The insertion port 16 is oriented in the direction in which the user's hand is inserted.

Further, as well understood from FIG. 4, the string-like member made of the rubber string 30 appropriately surrounds the grip end E portion of the handle grip G, and the fixing member 35 is drawn toward the back side fabric 12 to thereby draw the string-like member. The ring-shaped part of the ring is converged and secured.
Reference numeral 36 denotes a lead-out portion where the string-like member is led out to the outside of the back fabric 12, that is, a covering portion provided so as to cover the two insertion holes.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, in the present invention, the form can be variously changed as follows.
The outer shape of the front side fabric and the back side fabric can be arbitrarily changed in design so that the grip portion of the handle can be covered.
In short, as long as the shape can properly cover the grip and brake lever portion and the shift gear operation lever near the center thereof, the shape can be designed with various modifications.

Of course, the material may not be the neoprene rubber used in the above embodiment, and any material can be used as long as it can be used as a handle cover.
However, considering the shape retention, weather resistance, waterproofness, etc., the material of the above embodiment is optimal.
As a fixing means for fixing the grip end, in the above embodiment, a rubber cord is used, and fixing members are provided on both ends thereof, but this rubber cord can be implemented with a normal fiber cord, Without particularly providing a fixing member, both ends of the fiber cord can be tied together and fixed.
Further, it may be a belt-like member instead of a string-like member such as a rubber cord.
Therefore, the grip end fixing means can be designed freely.

As described above, various fixing means can be used, but the position of the fixing means is not necessarily the back side fabric, but can be provided on the front side fabric side.
For example, a simple belt-like ring-shaped rubber band may be provided at the grip end position inside the front fabric or the back fabric.
In the above embodiment, the insertion hole is provided in the back side fabric using the rubber string, but this configuration can be provided as it is on the front side fabric side. However, in consideration of the intrusion of rainwater or the like, it is preferable to provide it on the back fabric side.

The shape, size, and the like of the covering member that covers the lead-out portion that leads the rubber string to the outside of the back fabric can be designed completely freely.
The fixing means for the fixing band and the hook-and-loop fastener provided at the handle insertion opening can be completely changed in design, and can be simply replaced with a string member.
A slide fastener connected to the handle insertion opening can also employ a hook-and-loop fastener that can be joined to each other.

  In the present invention, the handle insertion port portion is provided with a fixing band, a hook-and-loop fastener, and a slide fastener. These are fixing members at the handle insertion port portion, but neoprene rubber is used as a cover material. Since it is used, the expansion and contraction performance of this material is also useful for its fixing function, so it becomes more suitable as a material for the cover fabric.

If you try to keep the cold protection function only with the handle cover of the present invention, the heat insulation effect and heat retention effect of the material is not necessarily sufficient, so if you use a material with higher cold protection effect and heat retention effect for cross bikes etc. Its functionality is impaired.
Therefore, in order to improve the functionality and improve the cold protection effect and the heat retaining effect by using the material as in the present invention, the purpose is further achieved by wearing gloves.

When inserting a hand into the cover with the gloves on, it is a very important issue that the cover does not rotate forward.
The present invention solves this problem very well.
As described above, the present invention has been able to provide a cross bike handle cover that has a simple structure and is extremely effective.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cover main-body part 11 Front side fabric 12 Back side fabric 14 Handle insertion port 16 Manual insertion port 20 Slide fastener 25 Fixing band 26f Surface fastener 30 Rubber string 31 Insertion hole 35 Fixing member 36 Covering member
H Handle bar G Handle grip E Grip end L Control lever

Claims (5)

The cover main body (10) is provided with a handle insertion port (14) and a hand insertion port (16), and a fixing member for fixing the main body (10) to the handle is provided in the vicinity of the handle insertion port (14). In the bicycle handle cover
A handle insertion port (14) and a hand insertion port (16) are provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to fit the flat handle,
A bicycle handle cover comprising a fixing means for holding and fixing the grip end (E) at a position corresponding to the grip end (E) of the handle inside the cover main body (10).   The fixing means is composed of a string-like member (30), and both ends of the string-like member (30) are led out to the outside of the back surface from two insertion holes (31, 31) provided on the back surface side of the cover body portion (10). The bicycle handle cover according to claim 1, wherein the grip end (E) can be fixed by converging and fixing the both ends. The cover body (10) is composed of two fabrics, a front fabric (11) and a back fabric (12), and the cover body (10) is formed by sewing the outer peripheral edge and the inner peripheral edge. ,
By providing a slide fastener (20) at the joint of the inner peripheral edge on the handle insertion port (14) side, and opening the slide fastener (20), the handle insertion port (14) is greatly opened. The bicycle handle cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bicycle handle cover is provided.   The bicycle handle according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a covering member (36) for covering the insertion hole (31, 31) for leading the string-like member (30) to the outside of the back surface of the cover is provided on the back surface of the cover. cover.   The cloth constituting the cover body (10) is formed from a stretchable material such as neoprene rubber, and the string-like member is formed from a stretchable material such as a rubber string (30). The bicycle handle cover according to any one of claims 1 to 4.