Patent ID: 6957820

Claim:
In a wheel assembly of a cycle, including a rear wheel hub bearing mounted upon an axle, a sprocket secured to an outer radial face of said hub and a chain drive mounted to said sprocket and in rotational relationship to an engine of said cycle, said assembly further including a swing arm positioned axially outwardly of said chain plate and an axle assembly locking means, a cycle license plate relocating bracket comprising: (a) an elongate bracket arm having a plane substantially parallel with a plane of said swing arm and an aperture in a forward end thereof, said aperture proportioned for engagement about said axle of said wheel assembly, in which said locking means secures an area of said bracket arm about said aperture to said axle and wheel assembly; (b) a curved license plate mounting surface generally curved about said sprocket, said surface (i) transcribing a segment of a surface of rotation sufficient to accommodate a length of said license plate; and (ii) having a axial width sufficient to accommodate width of said plate; said mounting surface including slots to facilitate securement of a license plate thereto; and (c) a web integrally joining a rear portion of said bracket arm and an inner surface of said plate mounting surface in a plane radially outwardly of said chain drive.