Patent ID: 7661691

Claim:
An apparatus for detachably connecting a selected one of various accessories to a bicycle, the apparatus comprising: a receptacle connected to the bicycle and formed with two walls, with a space defined between the two walls, with an aperture in each of the two walls; an insert connected to the selected accessory, with the insert slideably disposed in the space between the two walls, with the selected accessory detachably connected to the bicycle when the insert is detachably disposed between the two walls of the receptacle; and a fastening device causing the two walls of the receptacle to clamp the insert in the space, with the fastening device including a bolt extending through the apertures in the two walls and the space, with the insert including a recess slideably receiving the bolt extending through the space when the insert is slideably received in the space, with the recess slideable from the bolt extending through the space and the apertures in the two walls.