US 11,806,573 B2
Solid, multi-plastic handlebar
Darius J. Preisler, Macomb, MI (US); and Alexis Antonio Silva Perez, Macomb, MI (US)
Assigned to JVIS-USA, LLC, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Filed by JVIS-USA, LLC, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,388.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067602 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/06 (2006.01); B62K 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/4035 (2015.10) [A63B 22/0605 (2013.01); B62K 21/12 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid, multi-plastic handlebar for a stationary exercise bicycle, the handlebar comprising:
an inner substrate component made of a load-bearing, structural plastic material, the substrate component including a first set of circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending locking members; and
an outer component surrounding the substrate component and made of a plastic material less rigid than the plastic material of the substrate component, wherein the outer component is configured to be gripped by a human hand during use of the stationary exercise bicycle and wherein the outer component includes a second set of circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending locking members which interlock with the first set of locking members to mechanically lock the substrate component and the outer component together and wherein the first and second sets of locking members have inter-engaging lobed profiles to mechanically lock the substrate component and component together; and wherein the first set of locking members include a pair of head portions which extend radially outwardly in opposite directions from a base portion of the substrate component, and wherein the first set of locking members further include a pair of locking members which extend radially outwardly in opposite directions from the base portion substantially perpendicular to the head portions.