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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Christopher Robert Carlson, Madison, WI (US);
Tyler Jay Pilger, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Small, Watertown, WI (US);
Christopher Robert Carlson, Madison, WI (US);
Tyler Jay Pilger, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Small, Watertown, WI (US);
Trek Bicycle Corporation, Waterloo, WI (US);
Abstract
An adapter includes a first arm and a second arm that is pivotably connected to the first arm. A first portion of the first and second arms cooperate to form a contour which generally matches a contour of a portion of a bicycle frame. A second portion of the first and second arms are constructed to engage one another such that, during a clamping process, the adapter engages the bicycle frame with a desired gripping pressure. Preferably, the gripping pressure is less than a pressure that would crush or otherwise deform the frame of the bicycle.