Patent ID: 8857685

Claim:
A pannier comprising: a container portion adapted to accommodate items; a connection system connected to the container portion and adapted to releasably secure the container portion to a rod-like member, the connection system comprising two connectors each mounted at a distinct location on the container portion, each of the two connectors being an individual unit comprising an own set of: a hook portion having an opening thereof facing toward a cam portion and adapted to hook onto the rod-like member, the cam portion spaced apart from the opening of the hook portion and having a rotational axis thereof positioned in front of the opening of the hook portion and being displaceable about the rotational axis between an opened position to allow the hook portion to hook onto the rod-like member, and a locking position in which the cam portion is adapted to press against a portion of the rod-like member to lock the rod-like member in the hook portion, the rotational axis of the cam portion of the at least one connector being substantially transverse with respect to the rod-like member; a passage between the opening of the hook portion and the cam portion, the passage communicating with the opening in the hook portion for the rod-like member to pass through the passage to be received in the hook portion when the cam portion is in the opened position; and a biasing member biasing the cam portion to the locking position; wherein the two connectors are spaced apart from one another on the container portion, for the pannier to be releasably hooked to two spread-apart locations on the rod-like member.