Patent ID: 8292317

Claim:
In combination, a tow bar for tricycle or bicycle, and a vehicle having a handlebar, said tow bar for tricycle or bicycle comprising a spine, a handle attached at one end of said spine, an arm attached to an opposite end of said spine, a finger attached to said arm on each side of said spine, each said finger comprising a finger hook attached ached to one end of a finger stem, an opposite end of said finger stem being attached to said arm, said finger, hooks being sized to admit said vehicle handlebar, said handle, spine, and arm being substantially rectilinear and substantially co-planar, said spine being attached to said handle at substantially a midpoint of said handle and substantially perpendicular to said handle, said spine being attached to said arm at substantially a midpoint of said arm and substantially perpendicular to said arm, said finger stem being substantially rectilinear, and a side view shape of each said finger hook being substantially a circular arc of substantially 180 degrees; said vehicle comprising padding on said handlebar, said handlebar being disposed within said finger hooks, a cross-sectional dimension of said padding being sized too large to be admitted into said finger hooks, said padding being centrally disposed around said handlebar and between said hooks, whereby said tow bar is maintained centrally disposed on said handlebar by said padding.