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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Thule Sweden Ab, Hillerstorp, SE;
Joseph Settelmayer, McKinleyville, CA (US);
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp, SE;
Abstract
An assembly for securing a bicycle to a vehicle having first and second fork prongs. The assembly includes an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon and has an end portion. A lever rotatably couples to the end portion of the elongated skewer and has a cam portion. A cam follower movably couples to the elongated skewer and engages the cam portion of the lever such that the cam follower moves along the elongated skewer as the lever rotates. The assembly also includes a lock assembly, separate from the lever and the cam follower, that locks the lever at a closed position and couples to the end portion of the elongated skewer such that the lock assembly is disposed around the end portion of the elongated skewer.