Patent ID: 8113594
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B60B,B60Y,B62K

Abstract:
1. A quick release assembly engageable with an enclosed dropout of a bicycle comprising: an axle having a first non-cylindrical end portion, a cylindrical central portion, and a second non-cylindrical end portion, wherein a diameter of one of the first non-cylindrical end portion and the second non-cylindrical end portion is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical central portion; an insert having a non-cylindrical outer profile configured to be retained in a non-cylindrical opening, wherein the insert has a cam surface disposed therein and wherein the insert is sized to retain one of the non-cylindrical end portions of the axle therein; and a shaft sized to pass through the axle and having a cam follower on a first end and a handle on a second end, wherein the cam follower is configured to form a locking engagement with the cam surface of the insert upon an axial rotation of the handle.