IP Library Granted Patent US 12,233,977
Granted Patent B2
US 12,233,977 · App. 17/328,596 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Handlebar assembly for a bicycle and accessory structure

Inventors: Ming Chang (Taichung, TW); Nathan Schickel (Indianapolis, IN); Benjamin Waite (Indianapolis, IN)
Assignee: SRAM, LLC
B62J11/04A45F3/18B62J9/21B62K21/12
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Patent No.
US 12,233,977
App. No.
17/328,596
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottle structure for a bicycle handlebar, includes a bottle body having an integrally-formed bottle and bottle coupling structure. The bottle coupling structure is directly connected to the bicycle handlebar, and is dissociable from the bicycle handlebar. The integrated bottle structure may include additional features such as a straw structure or other devices.

Claims (14)

1. A bottle structure adapted for a bicycle handlebar, comprising:

a bottle body having an integrally-formed bottle coupling structure, the bottle coupling structure being adapted to be removably connected to the bicycle handlebar, and a straw that is connected to the bottle body, a straw holder that is attached to the straw, and two magnets that are respectively mounted to the bottle body and the straw holder, and that are magnetically coupled for positioning the straw relative to the bottle body.

2. A handlebar assembly adapted for a bicycle, comprising:

a handlebar having a handlebar coupling structure; and

a bottle structure including a bottle body that has an integrally-formed bottle coupling structure, the bottle coupling structure being removably connected to the handlebar coupling structure of the handlebar and dissociable,

wherein the handlebar coupling structure includes at least one engaging groove, and the bottle coupling structure includes at least one protrusion that removably engages the at least one engaging groove of the handlebar, and the handlebar coupling structure includes a handlebar connecting hole that is in spatial communication with the at least one engaging groove and that extends in a direction different from that of the at least one engaging groove, the at least one protrusion of the bottle body being formed with a bottle connecting hole that is registered with the handlebar connecting hole and that is adapted to permit a fastener inserted into the handlebar connecting hole to extend therein.

3. The handlebar assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the bottle connecting hole is configured as a tapped hole.

4. The handlebar assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the bottle connecting hole is configured as a through hole.

5. The handlebar assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the handlebar coupling structure includes two of the engaging grooves, the bottle coupling structure includes two of the protrusions that are respectively located at two opposite lateral sides of the bottle body and that respectively and directly engage the engaging grooves of the handlebar.

6. The handlebar assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the bottle structure further includes a shield member that is connected to the bottle body for streamlining the bottle structure.

7. A handlebar assembly adapted for a bicycle, comprising:

a handlebar having a handlebar coupling structure; and

a bottle structure including a bottle body that has an integrally-formed bottle coupling structure, the bottle coupling structure being removably connected to the handlebar coupling structure of the handlebar,

wherein the bottle structure further includes a straw that is connected to the bottle body, a straw holder that is attached to the straw, and two magnets that are respectively mounted to the bottle body and the straw holder, and that are magnetically coupled for positioning the straw relative to the bottle body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2024
From: CHANG, MING; SCHICKEL, NATHAN; WAITE, BENJAMIN
To: SRAM, LLC
Reel/Frame 068845/0009 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63033173 · Jun 1, 2020
Related Publication 20210371032A1 · Dec 2, 2021
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