Patent ID: 6439593
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A rear shock assembly for a bicycle comprising:a pair of chain stays each having a first end and a second end, the first ends being pivotally connected to a frame of the bicycle and the second ends each having a rear fork tip formed thereon; a pair of seat stays each having a first end and a second end, the first ends each being pivotally connected to one of the rear fork tips; a lever having a central connecting point, a first end, and a second end; and a shock absorber being pivotally connected between the second end of the lever and one of the rear fork tips, wherein the lever is pivotally connected to the second ends of the seat stays at the first end of the lever, to one end of the shock absorber at the second end of the lever, and to the frame of the bicycle at a point that is neither the first end nor the second end of the lever.