Patent ID: 7886947

Claim:
A bottle cage and containment unit comprising: a bottle cage that has a support portion with points of attachment for mounting on a bicycle frame, the bottle cage comprising a bottom and a cage that defines a bottle receiving space, wherein the bottom of the bottle cage extends below a bottom of a bottle placed in the bottle receiving space, a containment unit having an elongated attachment portion separate from the support portion of the bottle cage and an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit being arranged in a housing defining an internal volume and an upper lid cantilevered and integrally formed as one piece with the elongated attachment portion, separated from the bottom of the bottle cage, and arranged over the housing to enclose the internal volume, said internal volume shaped to receive power-generating batteries, said containment unit having an attachment point that aligns with at least one of the attachment points of the bottle cage, wherein the elongated attachment portion of the containment unit separates the support portion of the bottle cage from the bicycle frame when the containment unit and the bottle cage are both mounted to the bicycle frame, wherein the containment unit is located outside the bottle receiving space and projects in cantilever fashion beneath the bottle cage bottom.