US 12,071,192 B2
Bicycle lock mounting bracket
Joerg Sieme, Ostbevern (DE); Arno Winter, Ahaus Ottenstein (DE); and Ramamohan Bhaskar Shettigar, Thane (IN)
Assigned to Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/639,944
Filed by Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/049278
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/045721, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324529 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 11/00 (2020.01); E05B 71/00 (2006.01); F16B 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 11/00 (2013.01) [E05B 71/00 (2013.01); F16B 2/08 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for releasably securing a bicycle lock to a bicycle, the bracket comprising:
a housing configured for mounting to a frame of the bicycle, the housing including a first end portion defining a basket operable to receive a first portion of the bicycle lock, the housing including a second end portion opposite the first end portion;
a pair of opposing arms movably mounted to the second end portion of the housing, wherein each arm is movable relative to the housing between an outward position and an inward position, wherein each arm includes a corresponding and respective rack gear, and wherein each of the arms includes a corresponding and respective engagement portion extending away from the housing, and a corresponding and respective retention flange extending toward the other of the arms;
a pinion engaged with each rack gear and correlating movement of the arms such that the arms move in unison with respect to one another between the outward positions and the inward positions;
a latch movably mounted to the housing and operable to engage the arms, the latch having a latching position in which the latch is operable to maintain the arms in the inward positions, the latch having an unlatching position in which the arms are free to move from the inward positions to the outward positions; and
a manual actuator operable to move the latch between the latching position and the unlatching position;
wherein the housing includes a base plate positioned between the engagement portions;
wherein the retention flanges are offset from the base plate by a first offset distance when the arms are in the outward positions;
wherein the retention flanges are offset from the base plate by a second offset distance when the arms are in the inward positions; and
wherein the second offset distance is less than the first offset distance.