Patent ID: 8056987

Claim:
A bicycle wheel retention system comprising: a rod constructed to pass through a hub of a bicycle wheel; a first head attached to a first end of the rod; a second head attached to a second end of the rod; a recess formed in the first head; a shuttle body configured to cooperate with the recess; a handle engaged with generally opposite ends of the shuttle body and including a pair of arms that generally flank the first head; and a cam formed on one of the pair of arms and constructed to cooperate with a cam surface, the cam surface being formed on the first head and including a pair of lips shaped to flank the cam formed on the one of the pair of arms, such that rotation of the handle translates the shuttle body relative to the recess and maintain a contact engagement between the cam of the arm and the cam surface of the first head independent of an orientation of the handle relative to the first head.