Patent ID: 6247761
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: B25B,B60B,B62J

Abstract:
A stepping rod assembly mountable to either threaded end of a bicycle axle that is already provided with an existing nut threadedly engaged on each threaded end for securing the fork tubes, transmission wheels and chain of the bicycle together, which rod assembly comprises:a stepping rod in the form of a hollow cylinder having an interior, an abutment end and an open end, a multi-angled countersunk cavity formed in the abutment end, the cavity having a size and configuration conforming to the size and configuration of the existing nut for receiving same therein, a through hole formed in the cavity for receiving a threaded end of the axle and disposing same within the interior of the cylinder when the existing nut is received within the cavity, and a locking nut for threaded engagement onto the threaded end of the axle within the interior of the cylinder to secure the cylinder onto the axle without requiring removal of the existing nut.