Patent ID: 6422442
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B62H,B62J,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock holder for stowing a lock on a bicycle frame, said holder comprising a brace for connection to a leg of said lock, and a bracket for connection to a part of said bicycle frame, said brace and said bracket being adapted for engagement and disengagement with and from each other:(a) said brace including a collar, a tongue, and opposed intermediate articulations between said collar and said tongue, said tongue tapering inwardly along its axis in three dimensions from its rearward extremity to its forward extremity, said articulations constituting grooved slides that are open at their forward extremities and are blocked at their rearward extremities; (b) said bracket including a mount, a channel, a saddle, and opposed intermediate guides between said channel and said saddle; (c) said collar being adapted to receive and to be affixed to a leg of said lock; (d) said mount being adapted to abut against said bicycle frame, and a strap for tightly affixing said bracket to said part of said bicycle frame; (e) mating of said brace and said bracket effecting simultaneous engagement of (1) said tongue and said articulations of said brace, and (2) said channel and said guides of said bracket.