A handle assembly is to be mounted detachably on one end of a bicycle handlebar and includes a resilient sleeve member that is sleeved on the bicycle handlebar, an integrally formed handle unit that is made of a composite plastic material, and a bolt unit. The integrally formed handle unit has a clamping portion and a handle portion that extends upwardly from the clamping portion. The handle portion has a generally vertical section that extends from the clamping portion, and a generally horizontal section that extends from a distal end of the vertical section. The vertical section of the handle portion is formed with at least one longitudinally extending reinforcing strip that is connected to the clamping portion. The clamping portion has a generally C-shaped section that confines a through-hole and that is sleeved on the first resilient sleeve member. The clamping portion further has two spaced-apart locking plates which extend from the generally C-shaped section and which cooperatively define a gap therebetween. The gap is communicated with the through-hole of the C-shaped section. The bolt unit fastens together the two locking plates so that the C-shaped section is in tight contact with the resilient sleeve member in order to prevent rotation and longitudinal movement of the clamping portion relative to the bicycle handlebar.
An adjustable bicycle handlebar stem which is based on a C-clamp enlarged adequately to accommodate a pair of half-cylindrical upper and lower adjusting members. The adjusting members are made as a hollow structure to decrease the weight of the bicycle. The upper and lower adjusting members are interlocked through the meshing of a keyway and slot. Since both adjusting members contain two symmetric eccentric curved notches to accommodate the bicycle handlebar, the position of the handlebar can be changed using the eccentric changes of the center of the adjusting members. The fore-and-aft distance and upper-and-lower angle of the handlebar can then be adjusted.
A carrying handle fastened to a fishing rod to facilitate lifting and handling of the fishing rod comprises a hand grip (11; 21) shaped and dimensioned for comfortable gripping in the hand, a clamp (12; 22) e.g. in the form of a diametrically split ring or split collar, which can be clamped securely to the fishing rod by tightening screw fasteners (20), and an arm (13; 14; 24) which connects the clamp (12; 22) to the hand grip (11; 21). The handle is secured to the fishing rod so that the hand grip (11; 21) extends alongside the rod below the fishing reel seat.
An H-shaped bicycle handlebar assembly includes an elongated cross bar extending in a generally transverse relationship to a longitudinal vertical median plane through the handlebar assembly and a pair of end structures attached adjacent to respective opposite ends of the cross bar being spaced in opposite lateral directions away from the longitudinal vertical median plane. Each end structure includes a pair of forwardly and rearwardly directed bars extending in forward and rearward directions from a respective one opposite end of the cross bar such that the cross bar in combination with the end structures thereby define a generally H-shape. Also, each end structure includes an end attachment mechanism attaching the respective pair of forwardly and rearwardly directed bars at a location therebetween adjacent to the respective one opposite end of the cross bar. The end attachment mechanisms can be releasable and adjustable so as to permit changing the angle of inclination of the end structures about the opposite ends of the cross bar relative to a horizontal reference plane and also to permit changing of the positions of the end structures along the cross bar. The forwardly and rearwardly directed bars can be provided in alignment with one another or in various angular relationships to one another and to the cross bar.
A light assembly for a bicycle that comprises a power source, configured to be positioned within either the handlebars of the bicycle or bar end members attached to the handlebars of the bicycle, and a light source that is adjustable by the user. In one embodiment, the light assembly is positioned at either end of the handlebars and are independently adjustable about two orthogonal axes to allow the bicyclist to illuminate two different regions in the path of travel of the bicycle. In a second embodiment, the light assembly is positioned at the outer end of either of the bar end members attached to the handlebars and are independently adjustable about two orthogonal axes to allow the bicyclist to illuminate two different regions in the path of travel of the bicycle.
A bicycle stem and front loading handlebar clamp having a pair of C-shaped cradles provided with handlebar contacting surfaces which have an edge to edge maximum extent in the direction of the handlebar greater than the inside diameter of the cradles and wherein the cradles are characterized by the absence of straight lines and sharp corners.. Handlebar clamping stress concentrations are reduced by the configuration of the contact surfaces and further by a configuration of a moveable one of the cradles somewhat in the form of a laterally elongated cross with smooth curves at the ends and at the corners of the cross.
