Burley Design LLC

Burley Design Cooperative

Patrick Logan

Donald A George

John Derven

James Peter Lewontin

A quick release skewer assembly for use in mounting a wheel to wheel supporting fork includes a camming lever that is pivotally coupled to the skewer for pivoting relative to the skewer between lever closed and lever open positions. With the skewer properly tightened on the fork, pivoting the lever to the lever closed position clamps the wheel to the fork with a clamping force. A biasing member coupled to the skewer and to the fork applies a biasing force that biases the lever toward the lever open position. When the skewer is insufficiently tightened, the biasing force moves the lever to a bias rest position between the lever closed and open positions. The positioning of the lever in the bias rest position provides a visual alert to an individual using a vehicle, such as a bicycle, that the wheel is insufficiently tightened.

Bicycle quick release cam lever with biased closure

A folding bicycle trailer includes a body portion having a passenger-receiving area, axle mounts, tongue mounts, and canopy mounts. The body portion is a unitary, one-piece monocoque structure, with the mounts being integrally formed therewith. An axle member is secured to the axle mount and carries wheel supports on each end thereof. The wheel supports are shiftable between an operable, extended position and a folded, storage position. A wheel is carried on each wheel support for free rotation relative thereto. An elongate tongue is carried on the tongue mount and extends forward from the body portion. A canopy frame, including fore and aft canopy members, is mounted on the body portion and is shiftable between a collapsible condition and a raised condition.

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Eugene, OR, United States of America

Patrick Logan