Patent ID: 8979685
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. An impact protector mounting for a bicycle having a frame with a bottom bracket and a spindle having a rotational axis and pivotally securing a front sprocket to the frame, the impact protector comprising: a mounting plate having a first side surface facing said bicycle frame and a second side surface facing said front sprocket; and an impact protector; wherein said mounting plate is mounted directly to a bicycle frame structure by a threaded mounting plate fastener extending through the mounting plate and into the bicycle frame structure, and wherein said mounting plate does not directly contact a drivetrain component of said bicycle; wherein said impact protector is mounted to said first side surface of said mounting plate through a connection selected from the group consisting of a bolted connection, screws, threads, rivets, pins, studs, bushing, splines, keys, chainring nuts, T-nuts and a bolt and nut connection, and wherein said impact protector is substantially planar and located adjacent to and parallel to said front sprocket in a direction of said rotational axis and entirely inboard and not overlapping a plane of said adjacent front sprocket of said bicycle.