Patent ID: 8777788

Claim:
A bicycle component positioning device comprising: a fixed member; an operating member movably coupled to the fixed member to move between at least two operating positions, the operating member having an input portion, an output portion movable relative to the input portion and a pair of spring elements, with the spring elements being engaged on circumferentially opposite sides of an input part of the input portion and simultaneously engaged with output parts of the output portion such that the spring elements restrict movement of the input portion by the spring elements acting simultaneously against the output parts of the output portion and the input part of the input portion to maintain the input portion in one of the operating positions; and a positioning mechanism operatively disposed between the operating member and the fixed member, the positioning mechanism including a positioning member that is movable between a first position in which the positioning member is engaged with the fixed member and a second position in which the positioning member is disengaged from the fixed member, the positioning member being held in engagement with the fixed member in the first position by the input portion while the input portion is in the one of the operating positions, the spring elements normally maintaining the input portion in an intermediate position to hold the positioning member in engagement with a mating structure of the fixed member when the input portion is in each of the operating positions; and the positioning member being movable from the first position to the second position upon movement of the input portion from the one of the operating positions against a biasing force of one of the spring elements.