Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
  • B62J7/00—Luggage carriers
  • B62J7/02—Luggage carriers characterised by the arrangement thereof on cycles
  • B62J7/04—Luggage carriers characterised by the arrangement thereof on cycles arranged above or behind the rear wheel

Definitions

• the invention is regarding a transport basket of the type stated in the introduction to patent specification 1 for fitting to a bicycle or a motorbike.
• the traditional carrier with spring clips or elastic straps.
• baskets and containers which can be fitted to a bicycle.
• the basket is placed either on front of or on the handlebars or on one of both sides of the back carrier. They have a bottom and four walls and some have a lid.
• the usual materials are metalwire, plastic or peddik.
• the transport basket will be suitable for the trans port of small dogs, cats and other pets.
• the transport basket shall be fitted at the side of the bi ⁇ cycle, giving low centre of gravity and will not obstruct the pedaling or the manouvering qualities.
• the transport basket may be fitted both in the front or at the back of the bicycle. Fitted by the front wheel the basket will be turned back to front, so not to obstruct turning and peda ⁇ ling.
• the basket shall see to that the document case or other carrying items are kept as close as possible to the length axis and as close as possible to the cycle rider.
• figure 1 shows a side view of a first example of a transport basket with fixings in accordance with the present invention.
• figure 2 shows a front view of the workmanship in figure 1.
• figure 3 shows a back view of the workmanship in figure 1.
• figure 4 shows two drawings of fitting hook 4a and 4b.
• figure 1 shows the basket with fitting hook 4a and the tilted position.
• figure 5 shows the basket with hook 4b and in horizontal position.
• figure 6 shows a drawing of a transport basket with a document case (10) fitted to a bicycle (11).
• figure 7 shows a drawing of a transport basket equipped for carrying pets (12).
• the basket top rim is hanging parallel with the carrier (2) i.e. almost horizontal and the baskets bottom has an angle (2) in accordance with the hori ⁇ zontal level. This angle is adjusted so a document case placed there will not fall out even if one is cycling up steep hills.
• the basket front wall (6) has an angle of 90 degrees to the bottom (5) preventing the case to slide forwards.
• the basket back is open (3) this gives the possibility to carry a document case or other items of various lengths.
• a hook (4a) the basket bottom (5) will be almost hori zontal, now the basket is suitable for other carrying tasks i.e. dogs, cats and other small pets.
• the basket is planned to be lined with textile or plastic and can be closable using for example a zip in the back wall or in parts of the top. This is shown in figure 7.
• the basket is made of metal wire. This gives low weight and because of big openings in the walls one can adjust the basket so it and it's contents do not interfere with pointing elements on the bicycle such as wires, fittings etc.
• Another actual design is perforated sheet. The material maybe in addition to metal, wood, peddik or plastic. To avoid dirt, dust and rain damages to the load it maybe actual to line the basket with textile or plastic.
• the basket can also be built up by three separate walls and may be beneficial being able to fold the basket when not in use.
• the basket can be made adjustable in width by bending the upper part of the side walls.
• the double hook (4, 4a) is threaded into specific openings (7) on the top part of the side walls (10).
• the hook (4) may be manufactured in various lengths, equal leglength (4a) or unequal leg length (4b). With this, one can hang the basket at different heights and angles on the bicycle by changing from one hook to another.
• Either the upper (4) of the lower (9) basket fitting on the bicycle has to be adjustable to adapt to different types of bicycles.
• strap and spring solution (9) on the lower fitting is used.
• Other solutions can be used i.e. elastic strap, rigging screw or other adjustable mountings.
• the basket front wall (6) is shorter than the side walls. This makes it possible with some force to bend the front and top part of the side walls (8) in or out to adjust to the width of the carrying item. This avoids for instance small document cases moving in the basket.

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• 1990
  • 1990-03-15 NO NO901206A patent/NO169431C/no unknown
• 1991
  • 1991-03-13 WO PCT/NO1991/000039 patent/WO1991013794A1/en unknown

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