Patent ID: 8388007
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A bicycle frame, comprising: said bicycle frame having an integrally formed, unitary frame; said unitary frame collectively formed by a central longitudinal bar, a lower bar and an arcuate medial bar, said bars being disposed in a common plane and said unitary frame having a longitudinal axis of symmetry; said unitary frame made of a material selected from a group of materials including opaque materials, translucent materials, or materials having a preselected pigmentation; said central longitudinal bar and said lower bar being integrally formed with one another at a common leading end and diverging from one another so that their respective trailing ends are spaced apart from one another in said common plane; said central longitudinal bar having a greater thickness and greater volume of virgin or recycled polymer at its opposite ends to provide enhanced strength for a seat tube and a handlebar tube; said arcuate medial bar having a hook-shaped configuration and having a greater volume of virgin or recycled polymer so as to provide enhanced strength to the unitary frame; a first bore formed in said common leading end to accommodate a handlebar tube; said first bore being a vertical bore when said unitary frame is positioned in a vertical plane and oriented so that both wheels of a bicycle assembled to said unitary frame are supported on a horizontal support surface; a second bore formed in a trailing end of said central longitudinal bar to accommodate a seat support tube, there being an open space below said second bore; said second bore being a vertical bore when said unitary frame is positioned in a vertical plane and oriented so that both wheels of a bicycle assembled to said unitary frame are supported on a horizontal support surface; a third bore formed in a trailing end of said lower bar to accommodate an axle that supports a primary socket wheel; said third bore being a first transverse bore when said unitary frame is positioned in a vertical plane and oriented so that both wheels of a bicycle assembled to said unitary frame are supported on a horizontal support surface; a first rear wheel mounting member formed integrally with said trailing end of said unitary frame and extending in trailing relation therefrom; a second rear wheel mounting member formed integrally with said trailing end of said unitary frame and extending in trailing relation therefrom; said first and second rear wheel mounting members being positioned on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of symmetry of said unitary frame in equidistantly spaced apart relation thereto; a fourth bore formed in a trailing end of said first wheel mounting member; said fourth bore being a second transverse bore when said unitary frame is positioned in a vertical plane and oriented so that both wheels of a bicycle assembled to said unitary frame are supported on a horizontal support surface; a fifth bore formed in a trailing end of said second wheel mounting member; said fifth bore being a third transverse bore when said unitary frame is positioned in a vertical plane and oriented in said vertical plane so that both wheels of a bicycle assembled to said unitary frame are supported on a horizontal support surface; said fourth and fifth bores being in cooperatively aligned relation to one another to support opposite ends of an axle that supports a secondary sprocket wheel.