Patent ID: 8382133
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A foldable device for connecting a front fork to a handlebar of a bicycle, the bicycle including a bicycle frame which has a head tube, the front fork being received in the head tube and extending along a steering axis in an upright direction to terminate at a top end of the front fork, the handlebar extending along a handlebar line, said foldable device comprising: a lower hingeable flange adapted to be coupled with the top end, and extending radially relative to the steering axis, said lower hingeable flange having a bottom major surface that faces upwardly, and including a lower hingeable segment and a lower clampable segment that are angularly displaced from each other about the steering axis; a linking member defining a centerline that is parallel to the steering axis when the handlebar is in a position of use, and including an upper stem which defines a lengthwise line that is parallel to the steering axis when the handlebar is in the position of use, and which has a connected end and a coupling end that is adapted to be coupled with the handlebar; an upper hingeable flange which is connected to and which extends from said connected end of said upper stem radially relative to the lengthwise line, said upper hingeable flange having an overlying major surface which faces toward said bottom major surface when the handlebar is in the position of use, said upper hingeable flange including a clamping unit disposed to hold said upper and lower clampable segments tightly once said linking member and said upper hingeable flange are in the first and second closed positions, respectively.