Patent ID: 7013533
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A grip device for a cycle comprising: a cylindrical liner extending along a liner axis between a first end and a second end, the cylinder liner having at least two elongate slots extending axially along a lengthwise portion of the cylindrical liner, each elongate slot overlapping a lengthwise part of another elongate slot; the overlapping elongate slots being radially offset, a first elongate slot of the plurality of elongate slots intersecting the first end of the cylindrical liner; an over molding overlying a lengthwise segment of the cylindrical liner; and a compression member operatively associated with a circumference of an axial segment of the cylindrical liner, the axial segment being proximate the first end of the cylinder and including a lengthwise portion of the first elongate slot, the compression member being operable between a relaxed state not compressing the axial segment and a compression state compressing the axial segment about its circumference, the compression member including a clamp shroud having arcuate bottom having an inner radius less than an outer radius of the axial segment, the arcuate bottom overlying the first elongate slot, and a band clamp sized to axially receive the clamp shroud and an exposed portion of the axial segment, the band clamp having a gap between band clamp ends bridged by a screw threadably engaging one end of the band clamp with a head of the screw abutting the other end of the band clamp to bias the gap closed when the screw is tightened to produce the compressed state.