Patent ID: 6394694
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B62K,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting clamp, in particular for a handlebar and a front mounting unit of a bicycle, the clamp comprising,a one-piece clamp body a pair of spaced parallel clamp openings extending through said clamp body for receiving and clamping a handlebar and a front mounting unit, respectively, slot means formed in said clamp body extending from an external surface thereof into each of said clamp openings, said slot means having a predetermined width in the unclamped position a fastener opening formed in said clamp body and extending through said slot means in generally perpendicular relation thereto, and a single elongated fastener extending through said fastener opening and operable to clamp a handlebar and a front mounting unit in said clamp openings by reducing the width of said slot means.