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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1992
David R Graham, Danbury, CT (US);
Cannondale Corporation, Georgetown, CT (US);
Abstract
A bicycle wheel axle dropout member includes a body portion adapted to be joined to a wheel axle-supporting member of a bicycle and a pair of arm portions extending from the body portion and defining a slot adapted to receive a portion of the bicycle wheel axle in seated relation at the base of the slot. At least one arm portion of the dropout member has a distal part projecting outwardly with respect to the perimeter of the fastener, a hole in the distal part closely adjacent the perimeter of the fastener, and a stop member detachably received in the hole and having a stop head portion positioned abreast of the fastener such as to be engaged by the fastener if the wheel axle should unseat from the base of the slot and to thereby stop the wheel from detaching from the dropout member.