Patent ID: 7757914
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bicycle fork mount configured to receive and secure a front axle hub assembly of a through-axle type front bicycle wheel and a fork of a skewer-type front bicycle wheel, said bicycle fork mount comprising: a front axle hub assembly of a through-axle front bicycle wheel; an adapter having a fork receiving skewer associated therewith that translationally moves relative to said adapter; a fork mount body having a hollow with the interior sized and shaped to insertably receive the front axle hub assembly of a through-axle front bicycle wheel as well as well insertably receive the adapter having a fork receiving skewer associated therewith that translationally moves relative to said adapter; said adapter comprising a biasing assembly that urges said skewer toward an ends-extended configuration in which a pair of fork receiving ends of said skewer are oppositely disposed beyond lateral sides of the fork mount body for receiving and releasably securing the fork of a bicycle having a skewer type front wheel to the bicycle fork mount; said adapter further comprising a locking abutment configured to mate with a recess within said hollow, which when engaged with said fork mount body, prevents rotational and lateral movement of said adapter within said hollow, and when not engaged, permits removal of said adapter including said biasing assembly from said hollow, without separation of said biasing assembly and said adapter; a first configuration wherein said adapter with said fork receiving skewer associated therewith is received within said hollow; a second configuration wherein said front axle hub assembly of a through-axle front bicycle wheel is received within said hollow; and wherein said fork mount is transformable from said first configuration to said second configuration by removal of said adaptor having fork receiving skewer associated therewith from said hollow and insertion of said front axle hub assembly of a through-axle type front bicycle wheel into said hollow.