US 11,866,115 B2
Storage device for attaching to a bicycle
Robert Christopher Clarke, Burnaby (CA)
Filed by Robert Christopher Clarke, Burnaby (CA)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,479, filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221459 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B62J 9/21 (2020.01); B62J 9/27 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 9/21 (2020.02) [B62J 9/27 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device for attaching to a bicycle, comprising:
a storage compartment having a front face and a rear face, wherein the front face comprises an identifier for identifying a rider of the bicycle; and
at least one mounting device extending from the rear face of the storage compartment and configured so as to enable the storage device to be attached to a front portion of the bicycle,
wherein the at least one mounting device comprises first, second, third, and fourth mounting devices extending from the rear face of the storage compartment and positioned relative to one another so as to enable the storage device to be attached to dual stanchions of a dual crown front fork of the bicycle, and to be attached between upper and lower crowns of the dual crowns, by attaching each of the first mounting device and the third mounting device directly to a first stanchion of the dual stanchions, and by attaching each of the second mounting device and the fourth mounting device directly to a second stanchion of the dual stanchions,
wherein at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth mounting devices comprises:
a clamp portion with apertures formed therein, and a conduit connecting the apertures; and
a strap for passing through the conduit to attach the at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth mounting devices to the first or second stanchion, and
wherein the clamp portion comprises a pair of rectangular surfaces connected by a curved surface for contacting the first or second stanchion, and wherein the apertures are provided in the rectangular surfaces.