Patent ID: 6923355
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B62J,B62M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A rigid containment unit for a bicycle having a frame, a bottle-cage supporting unit fixed to the frame at an anchoring point, at least one electronic device on board the bicycle, and at least one of an electronic control system and power-supply system for the electronic device, the rigid containment unit comprising a conformation suitable for being fixed in the anchoring point; wherein said bottle-cage supporting unit includes a supporting plate which can be fixed to a tube of the bicycle frame, and wherein the containment unit further comprises auxiliary supporting means associated to the bottle-cage supporting unit set between the supporting plate and the bicycle frame, and a container for the at least one of the electronic control system and power-supply system which is rigidly connected to a bottom end of said auxiliary supporting means and projects in a cantilevered fashion therefrom beneath a space designed to receive a bottle, wherein the containment unit is adaptable to attachment to the bicycle frame independently of the attachment of the bottle-cage supporting unit to the bicycle frame; and wherein said auxiliary supporting means are provided laterally with elastic clamps for anchoring an elongated sheath constituting the container for a battery for the power supply system.