Patent ID: 9688337
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B62J

Claim:
1. A combination comprising: a bicycle having a front and rear and including pedals, a bicycle chain driven by a rotation of the pedals, a derailleur attached to the rear of the bicycle and having a drop down arm coupled to a rotatable gear over which the bicycle chain extends, and the drop down arm having an opening extending therethrough; and a bicycle chain cleaning tool including: a top having a front and a rear, a push-button, and a push-button release arm extending downwardly from said push-button; a bottom having a front and a rear and an upwardly extending push-button locking arm positioned to releasably engage the push-button release arm extending downwardly from the push-button at the top of said bicycle chain cleaning tool so that the top of said cleaning tool is detachably connected to the bottom thereof, said push-button being responsive to a pushing force applied thereto to reposition said downwardly extending push-button release arm to cause said push-button release arm to move relative to and out of its releasable engagement by said upwardly extending push-button locking arm whereby the top of said bicycle chain cleaning tool is disconnected from the bottom thereof; at least one set of bristles located in one of the top or the bottom of said cleaning tool, said top being detachably connected to said bottom around the bicycle chain, and the bicycle chain moving through said cleaning tool so as to be engaged and cleaned by the at least one set of bristles in response to the rotation of the bicycle pedals; and an attachment by which to attach said bicycle cleaning tool to the derailleur of the bicycle to prevent a displacement of said cleaning tool relative to the derailleur when the bicycle pedals are rotated in a first direction and the bicycle chain moves through said cleaning tool in a corresponding first direction.