Patent ID: 6945081

Claim:
A security cable device for a bicycle, comprising in combination: a hollow elongated spring housing rigidly coupled to a rear portion of a first frame member of a bicycle such that said hollow elongated spring housing includes a first open end circumscribing an opening disposed at the rear portion of the first frame member and further includes a portion extending away from said first open end and extending tangentially along a second frame member of the bicycle and terminating to a second open end; a spring disposed within said hollow elongated spring housing and having a first end and a second end such that said first end is disposed adjacent said first open end of said hollow elongated spring housing and said second end is disposed adjacent to and is removably coupled from said second open end of said hollow elongated spring housing; a single length cable disposed within the first frame member of the bicycle and comprised of a second end removably coupled to said first end of said spring; and said single length cable further comprised of an external cable portion externally extending from an opening disposed at a front portion of the first frame member and terminating to an opposite, first end of the cable such that said cable is extendible out of and retractable into said first frame member by pulling on and releasing tension on said external cable portion causing an extension and retraction of said spring for defining an extended and stowed position of the cable such that said external cable portion has a length grater than a length of the spring such that said second end of said spring can be decoupled from said elongated spring housing and pulled through the second open end of said elongated spring housing a length greater than the spring length such that said first end of said spring can be decoupled from said second end of said cable for spring repair or replacement.