Patent ID: 6199447
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B62K,B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-rotatable shift actuator adapted to be coaxially mounted over a bicycle handlebar inboard of a stationary handgrip, said shift actuator comprising:a rotating member adapted to be rotated with respect to the handlebar to actuate a control cable of a bicycle gear shifting system and having an axis and an exterior; anda resilient grip mounted on the exterior of said rotating member and having an outer surface defining a bulbous shape in a direction parallel to the axis, the outer surface having an inboard position and an outboard position adjacent this inboard position, the bulbous grip outer surface is adapted to be engaged by an index finger of a user at the inboard position, the inboard position on said grip having a grip outer surface diameter that is smaller than a grip outer surface diameter at the outboard position on said grip, the outboard position adapted to be engaged by a middle finger of the user, the outboard grip position being closer to an end of the handlebar than the inboard grip position.