Patent ID: 6840135

Claim:
A safety handlebar comprising: a frame having opposing, tubular outer ends; a shaft having first and second shaft ends, the first shaft end being slidably connected with one of the tubular outer ends; a bias member operatively associated with the shaft and the frame so as to bias the second shaft end away from the one tubular outer end of the frame; and a dampener operatively associated with the shaft, the frame and the bias member, said dampener being adapted to dampen displacement of the second shaft end away from the one tubular out end of the frame in response to compression of the bias member from a pre-impact position to a compressed position by an impact force with said frame, such that after the impact force is released, said dampener slows a return speed of said bias member from the compressed position to the pre-impact position for preventing the second shaft end from springing back to a second shaft end pre-impact position at an undampened return speed, wherein the dampener is further adapted to dampen expansion of the bias member from the compressed position to the pre-impact position more than compression of the bias member from the pre-impact position to the compressed position.