Patent ID: 8684243

Claim:
A chalk holding device for attachment to a bicycle, wherein the bicycle has a wheel and an axle with a first end and a second end, the chalk holding device comprising: a chalk-receiving member for receiving chalk therein; first and second arms extending from the chalk-receiving member towards the axle, the first arm having a first axle cup for receiving a first end of the axle and the second arm having a second axle cup for receiving a second end of the axle, wherein the first axle cup is connected to the first arm by a ball and socket joint, such that the first axle cup pivots relative to the first arm in an infinite number of directions, and wherein the first axle cup has an axis, wherein the second axle cup is connected to the second arm by a ball and socket joint, such that the second axle cup pivots relative to the second arm in an infinite number of directions, and wherein the second axle cup has an axis, wherein the first arm has a first end and the second arm has a second end, wherein the first and second ends are moveable into a plurality of positions each defined by a distance between the first and second ends, and wherein the axis of the first axle cup and the axis of the second axle cup are able to be aligned with one another in the plurality of positions.