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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Stephen C. Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark J. Matson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A mini pump comprising a linear hand pump assembly and a valve core tool is disclosed. The linear hand pump assembly is configured to operate along a longitudinal pump axis and comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The valve core tool is releasably coupled to the first end and has a central tool axis and a cavity centered on, and running parallel to, the central tool axis. The cavity passes through at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the tool and is shaped to mate with a valve core such that, with respect to rotation about the tool axis, the valve core is rotationally fixed to the tool. The pump axis and the tool axis are collinear when the tool is coupled to the assembly. The valve core tool and the pump assembly may be threadedly coupled.