JPH1179029A - Two-wheeler basket cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach a cover to a two-wheel vehicle basket, even to one having a fine mesh, with ease and accuracy for a better appearance. SOLUTION: A basket cover A with a lid 2 for the top opening adapted to be freely opened or closed by a slide fastener 8 is provided, at the front and rear upper ends opposed on the inner periphery of its main body 1, with clip plates 3 each made up of an outer plate 3a and an inner plate 3b both of synthetic resin connected at their upper ends. The clip plates 3 are set over the front and rear opening edges of a basket C mounted on a bicycle B so as to hold the edges between themselves from above, which mounting covers the basket C totally with the cover A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a basket cover mounted on a basket mounted on the front of a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle or a motorbike (hereinafter referred to as a bicycle).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, bicycles are equipped with baskets for storing bags, baggage, shopping, and the like on the front surface. Because the top end of this basket is always open, luggage can be easily taken in and out, but it has the drawback that the luggage gets wet on rainy days, and luggage in the basket is stolen or snatched. It is easy to encounter accidents such as. In order to prevent such difficulties and accidents, a cover for covering the opening of the basket is commercially available.However, even if the opening of the basket is covered, the articles in the basket can be seen through from the side of the basket. Luggage cannot be adequately protected.

In order to cope with such a situation, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 6-67285, a box-type cage cover which can cover the entire bicycle basket from the outside and has an opening / closing lid on the upper part is provided. In recent years, such a box-type basket cover has been favorably used.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned box-type cage cover is provided with a folded portion at the upper end opening edge of the trunk portion covering the basket, so as to overlap the inner peripheral surface side of the opening edge of the basket. After covering the basket with the trunk of the cover, the folded portion is bent inward, and several male or female hook buttons provided on the inner surface side of the folded portion are provided on the trunk portion through the mesh at the upper end portion of the basket. A female or male hook button is engaged to attach it to the basket. Therefore, not only is the work of attaching the basket cover to the basket complicated, but also when the baggage is taken out of the basket, the baggage often gets caught on the above-mentioned folded portion and the hook button comes off. In some cases, it was difficult to fasten with the hook button.

Further, when the cover is attached to the basket by fastening with the male and female hook buttons, it is difficult to position the cover with respect to the front, rear, left and right of the basket, and the cover may be attached to the basket in a distorted state. There was a problem that the form of the cover was lost due to delusions up, down, left and right, and the appearance was deteriorated.

The present invention improves the complexity of the above-described basket mounting work, and provides a bicycle basket cover that can be easily and accurately mounted to a basket even if the basket has a fine mesh. To provide.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a method for sandwiching an inner and outer surface of an opening edge of an opposite side wall of a bicycle basket at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical cover mainly covering a bicycle basket. The above-mentioned problem has been solved by attaching a clip plate and attaching the clip plate so as to sandwich the upper edges of the front and rear or left and right side walls facing each other. In other words, the bicycle basket cover of the present invention is formed by a slide fastener at the upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body made of a soft material covering the outer bottom surface of the bicycle basket from the outer bottom surface to the upper end edge thereof. A lid for opening and closing the open end is provided, and the opposing surface at the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body is sandwiched between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the opposing edges of the opening edge of the basket. It has a structure in which a downwardly opened clip plate to be locked is fixed.

The above-mentioned clip plate has a shape consisting of an inner and outer plate portion obtained by folding a rectangular synthetic resin plate downward into two parts, and has a vertical width of about 5 to 8 cm and a horizontal width of the upper edge of the opposite side wall of the bicycle basket. It is determined according to the length of the straight line part. For example, when it is attached to the upper edge of the front and rear side walls of the basket, it is preferably about 20 cm, and it is attached to the upper edge of the left and right side walls of the basket. If so, it should be about 15 cm.

It is desirable that the inner plate portion of the clip plate be bent in the shape of a vertical cross section, so that the outer plate portion is pressed against the outer peripheral surface at the opening edge of the basket. In this state, the inner plate portion can be fixed in a locked state to the inner peripheral surface at the opening edge of the basket, and the inner edge portion of the basket is accurately pinched by these inner and outer plate portions to tension the cylindrical cover main body. In this state, the bicycle can be accurately and conveniently mounted on the bicycle basket.

The main body of the cylindrical cover is made of a flexible and waterproof fabric and has a length larger than the depth dimension of the bicycle basket. As described in claim 3, a separating portion is provided at the center of the rear surface of the main body of the tubular cover so as to reach the middle from the lower end opening edge so that the basket can be covered from above. A hook-and-loop fastener is provided for fixing the base end of the engagement piece to one of the left and right facing side edges of the separation portion and detachably joining the distal end of the engagement piece and the other of the left and right facing side edges of the separation portion to each other. The engaging piece is configured to be locked on the lower surface side of the mounting bracket inserted into the separating portion.

[0011] Further, a rubber cord to be engaged with the outer bottom surface of the basket of the bicycle is attached to the lower opening edge of the main body of the cylindrical cover, and the cylindrical cover is attached to the basket from above the basket while extending the rubber cord. After covering, the lower end opening edge is positioned on the outer bottom surface of the basket, and the extension of the rubber cord is released, so that the lower end opening edge portion of the cylindrical cover main body is locked with the outer bottom surface of the basket covered. It is composed.

The lid, which is openably and closably attached to the upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body through a slide fastener, can store luggage, shopping, and the like in the basket of the bicycle by opening, and can be used to store the goods in the basket. At least the upper surface of the cover is provided with a waterproof or water-repellent water-impervious fabric or resin sheet, or the cover is formed of a soft vinyl chloride resin sheet to cover It is better to prevent rainwater from penetrating into the interior of the building.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, between the mounting portion of the opening / closing slide fastener of the lid and the fixing portion of the clip plate, so that articles larger than the height of the bicycle basket can be stored. The upper part of the cylindrical cover main body is formed as an extension cover part which can be expanded and contracted in the vertical direction by opening and closing the second slide fastener, and this extension cover part is usually stored in the cylindrical cover main body in a folded state. Have been.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a state in which a basket cover according to the present invention is mounted on a basket mounted on the front of a bicycle. In the figure, A is a basket cover, 1 is a cylindrical cover main body forming the body of the basket cover A, and 2 is an openable and closable upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body 1. The cover body 3 made of a soft vinyl chloride resin is a clip plate for mounting the cylindrical cover main body 1 to a basket C mounted on the front surface of the bicycle B.

The cylindrical cover main body 1 is made of a flexible woven fabric which has been subjected to waterproofing or water-repellent finishing to make a basket C of a bicycle B.
, And its length in the vertical direction is formed to be about 10 cm larger than the depth of the basket C. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a fixed-width separating portion in which a lower end extending from a lower end 1 a to an intermediate portion in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical cover main body 1 from a lower end 1 a is opened at a central portion in a width direction on a back surface of the cylindrical cover main body 1. 4 and a rubber cord 5 having a length shorter than the circumference of the cylindrical cover main body 1 is sewn to the lower opening edge of the cylindrical cover main body 1. The diameter of the opening at the lower end of the cylindrical cover main body 1 is reduced as shown in FIG. Both ends of the rubber string 5 reach the lower ends of the left and right side edges of the separating section 4.

At the upper and lower ends of one side edge of the separating portion 4, as shown in FIG. 2, the base ends of the rectangular or horizontal rectangular engaging pieces 6a and 6b (left end in the figure). Edge) is sewn, and these engaging pieces 6a, 6b are protruded to the other side edge of the separating part 4 in the direction of bridging the separating part 4 with a certain interval vertically. The male and female fasteners 7a and 7b which can be engaged and disengaged from each other are attached to the inner surface of these protruding ends and the outer surface of the other side edge of the separating portion 4 facing the inner surface. When the cylindrical cover main body 1 is covered with the basket C of the bicycle B, the separating portion 4 allows the mounting bracket D to which the basket C is attached to be inserted into the separating portion 4. By closing the upper and lower engaging pieces 6a and 6b on the upper and lower sides and fastening the male and female fasteners 7a and 7b, the cylindrical cover main body 1 is accurately covered with the basket C in a retaining state.

The clip plate 3 for fixing the cylindrical cover main body 1 to the basket C in a fixed state is formed by folding a rectangular plate made of a synthetic resin such as a vinyl chloride plate into two as shown in FIG. Are composed of horizontally long rectangular inner and outer plates 3a and 3b directed toward the upper end, and two of these clip plates 3 are respectively arranged along front and rear opposing surfaces at the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body 1. Both ends of the central portion in the vertical width direction of the outer plate portion 3a of the clip plate 3 are fixed to the upper end portions of the front and rear opposing surfaces of the tubular cover main body 1 by rivets 11, respectively. The inner and outer plates 3a and 3b constituting the clip plate 3 may be formed by stacking a single plate-like material.

When the clip plate 3 is fixed, the lower end of the sandwiching surface formed by the opposing surfaces of the inner and outer plate portions 3a and 3b is opened downward in a slit shape and has a horizontal bent upper end. The portion is formed so as to reach the upper end opening edge of the tubular cover main body 1 and to support the lower surface of the front and rear ends of the lid 2. Further, the inner plate portion 3b of the clip plate 3 is bent in a V-shape at the center in the longitudinal width direction, and gradually separated inward from the outer plate portion 3a from the upper and lower ends toward the bent portion, The lower end of the inner plate portion 3b is engaged with the inner surface of the opening end of the basket C with the opening edges of the front and rear side walls of the basket C sandwiched between the separated portions. Instead of mounting these clip plates 3, 3 on the front and rear opposing surfaces of the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body 1, they are mounted on the left and right opposing surfaces of the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body 1. You may leave.

The opening end of the cylindrical cover main body 1 can be opened and closed by operating a first slide fastener 8 mounted on the entire circumference of the cylindrical cover main body 1 at the upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body 1. The above-mentioned lid 2 is attached. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the rear side peripheral edge of the lid 2 is integrally sewn 12 to the upper end edge on the rear side of the tubular cover main body 1, and the lid 2 is moved rearward with the sewn portion as a fulcrum. The first slide fastener 8 is arranged so as to be opened, and is attached to a peripheral portion of the lid 2 other than the sewn portion 12 and an upper end edge of the cylindrical cover main body 1.
The tapes 8a and 8b each having a meshing tooth are sewn.

Further, the first slide fastener 8
The upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body 1 at the upper portion of the clip plate 3 fixed by the rivets 11 positioned below the upper part is divided over the entire circumference, and the divided upper and lower opposing peripheral edges are divided into cylindrical cover main bodies. A tape having upper and lower edges of a short tubular extension cover portion 9 having the same diameter as that of the first and second short fastener portions and having engaging teeth of a second slide fastener 10 on outer peripheral surfaces of these upper and lower sewing portions, respectively. 10a and 10b are sewn respectively. When the second slide fastener 10 is closed, the extension cover 9 is folded in two as shown in FIG. When the cover is opened, the extension cover 9 is extended upward by pulling up the upper end of the cylindrical cover main body 1 having the lid 2. The extension cover 9 is made of the same material as the main body 1 of the tubular cover.

The upper and lower tapes 10a and 10b of the second slide fastener 10 are sewn to the upper and lower edges of the extension cover 9 over the entire circumference.
, 10b are sewn in a state in which the end portions of the slide fastener 10 are extended toward the central portion of the extension cover portion 9 as shown in FIG. 7, so that the slider 13 of the slide fastener 10 is rotated one or more turns. By this, the contracted state of the extension cover 9 is released and the extension cover 9 can be extended upward, and by turning the slider 13 one or more times in the reverse direction from this extended state, the extension cover 9 is The contracted state folded inside the main body 1 can be achieved.

The basket cover A thus constructed is attached to the bicycle B
First, the lid 2 is opened by operating the first slide fastener 8 and the engagement pieces 6a, 6b provided on the back side of the cylindrical cover main body 1 will be described. Is released to release the release portion 4, and then, while expanding the lower end opening of the tubular cover main body 1 against the elasticity of the rubber string 5, the cylindrical cover main body 1 is opened at the lower end opening. Cover the cage C from the side and the cylindrical cover main body 1
The front and rear edges of the opening edge of the cage C are inserted between the inner and outer plate portions 3a and 3b of the clip plates 3, 3 which are fixed to the front and rear ends of the inner peripheral surface of the cage C, and the opening edge of the cage C is inserted. The inner and outer plate portions 3a, 3b are forcibly expanded by the metal wire being formed, and the upper end inclined surface of the V-shaped bent portion of the inner plate portion 3b and the outer plate portion 3a corresponding to the inclined surface are formed. The clip plates 3, 3 are locked to the front and rear edge portions of the basket C with the front and rear edge portions of the basket C elastically sandwiched between the opposing surfaces. The reason why the lid 2 is opened is to perform an operation of locking the clip plates 3 and 3 to the front and rear end edges of the basket C through the upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body 1.

Further, the lower end opening of the cylindrical cover main body 1 is arranged along the outer bottom surface of the basket C by the restoring force of the rubber cord 6 attached to the opening edge thereof. Is locked to the outer bottom surface of the basket C. The outer bottom surface is covered. On the other hand, when the cylindrical cover main body 1 is put on the basket C, the mounting bracket D of the basket C protruding from the bicycle B is inserted in the separating portion 4 provided at the lower center part on the back surface in the inserted state, and Piece
By closing the male and female surface fasteners 7a and 7b by closing 6a and 6b, the tubular cover main body 1 is fixed in a retaining state. The engagement piece may be provided only on the lower side. FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are a partially cutaway front perspective view and a rear view showing a state where the bicycle is attached to a bicycle.

[0024]

As described above, the bicycle basket cover according to the present invention slides on the upper end opening of the cylindrical cover main body made of a soft cloth covering the outer bottom surface of the basket of the motorcycle from the outer bottom surface to the upper edge. A lid is provided for opening and closing the opening end of the tubular cover main body by a fastener, and a facing surface at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the tubular cover main body is formed on a facing edge portion at an opening edge of the basket. Since the downwardly-opened clip plates which are respectively sandwiched and locked on the inner and outer peripheral surfaces are fixed, the following effects are obtained.

A clip plate fixed to the opposing surface at the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body is fitted over the cylindrical cover main body from above the basket of the bicycle and fitted to the opposing upper end opening edge of the basket. With the simple work of locking
The basket cover can be easily and accurately attached even with a basket with a fine mesh, the tubular cover main body can be held in tension by the clip plate, and the cylindrical cover main body can be accurately formed without detouring up, down, left and right It can be attached to the basket in style.

Further, the lower surface of both ends of the lid can be supported by the upper edge of the clip plate. Therefore, the lid is held in tension and is prevented from recessing into the basket, and the opening and closing of the lid is prevented. Operation is also easy. further,
The above-mentioned clip plate is capable of keeping the abutted state along the wall surface of the basket and allowing the stored articles to be taken in and out without any trouble.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the upper portion of the cylindrical cover main body between the mounting portion of the opening / closing slide fastener of the lid and the fixing portion of the clip plate is provided with the second slide fastener. It is formed in an extension cover part which can be expanded and contracted in the vertical direction by opening and closing operation. When the second slide fastener is closed, the extension cover part is stored in the tubular cover main body in a folded state, so that it is usually used. As shown in FIG. 1, not only can the extension cover part be folded inward, but also the capacity of the basket cover can be increased by opening the second slide fastener and extending the extension cover part upward. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, it is possible to store an article having a long dimension in the height direction.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lower end opening edge of the cylindrical cover main body is provided with a rubber string to be engaged with the outer bottom surface of the basket of the motorcycle and the center of the rear surface of the cylindrical cover main body. There is provided a separating portion extending from the lower end opening edge to the middle, and the base end of the engaging piece is fixed to one of the left and right opposite side edges of the separating portion, and the distal end of the engaging piece and the separating portion are provided. A hook-and-loop fastener is provided on the other of the left and right facing side edges so as to be detachably joined to each other, so that the cylindrical cover main body can be accurately mounted on the basket by attaching the separating portion to the mounting bracket of the basket. By closing the mating pieces, the opening of the separating portion is prevented, so that the shape of the cylindrical cover can be prevented from being disturbed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a state in which the apparatus is mounted on a basket;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a basket cover,

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the basket cover,

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a mounting state by a clip plate;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a basket cover,

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a state where an extension cover portion is extended upward.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing a state where an extension cover portion is extended upward;

FIG. 8 is a simplified perspective view showing a state where a lid is opened,

FIG. 9 is a partially cut-away simplified perspective view showing a state of attachment to a bicycle basket;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of a state where the bicycle is attached to a basket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cylindrical cover main body 2 Lid 3 Clip board 4 Separation part 5 Rubber string 6a, 6b Engagement piece 8 1st slide fastener 9 Extension cover section 10 2nd slide fastener 11 Rivet A Basket cover B Bicycle C Basket D Mounting bracket

Claims (3)

[Claims] An open end of a cylindrical cover main body is opened and closed by a slide fastener at an upper end opening of a cylindrical cover main body made of a soft material covering from an outer bottom surface of a basket of a motorcycle to an upper end edge of an outer peripheral surface. A downward facing lid is provided, which is sandwiched and locked on the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of opposing edges of the opening edge of the basket on the opposing surface at the upper end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical cover main body. A basket cover for a two-wheeled vehicle, wherein a clip plate having an opening is fixed to the basket cover. 2. An extension in which an upper portion of a tubular cover main body between a mounting portion of the opening and closing slide fastener of the lid and a fixing portion of the clip plate is vertically expandable and contractable by opening and closing operation of the second slide fastener. 2. The two-wheeled vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the extension cover portion is formed in the tubular cover main body in a folded state when the second slide fastener is closed. Basket cover. 3. A rubber cord to be attached to an outer bottom surface of a basket of a motorcycle is attached to a lower end opening edge of the cylindrical cover main body, and a center of the rear surface of the cylindrical cover main body from a lower end opening edge to a middle. A separation portion is provided, and the base end of the engagement piece is fixed to one of the left and right side edges of the separation portion, and the other end of the engagement piece and the left and right side edges of the separation portion are fixed to one another. The basket cover according to claim 1, further comprising a hook-and-loop fastener detachably joined to each other.