Auxiliary bicycle brake device

Claim 2

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means in the form of an elongated flexible element flexibly suspending said auxiliary brake means from said brake handle levers, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 3

A braking device according to claim 1 wherein said auxiliary brake means comprises a rigid cross member, said elongated flexible element being secured to and extending between said brake handle levers and said rigid cross member.

Claim 4

A braking device according to claim 2 wherein said flexible mounting means are Cables.

Claim 5

A braking device according to claim 1 including guide means secured to said bicycle handle portions for guiding said elongated flexible element.

Claim 6

A braking device according to claim 4 wherein said guide means slidably support said flexible mounting means.

Claim 7

A braking device according to claim 1 including clamping means for detachably clamping said flexible mounting means to said brake levers.

Claim 8

A braking device according to claim 1 including means for detachably clamping said guide means to said bicycle handle portions.

Claim 9

A braking device according to claim 1 including flexible support means for supporting said auxiliary brake means on said bicycle handle.

Claim 10

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, and guide means secured to said bicycle handle portions for guiding said flexible mounting means, said guide means being positioned to guide a first portion of said flexible mounting means along a path extending generally parallel to the front-to-rear axis of the bicycle so that said brake levers will be pivoted and pulled by said flexible mounting means in a direction generally parallel to said front-to-rear axis of said bicycle, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 11

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, and guide means secured to said bicycle handle portions for guiding said flexible mounting means, said guide means being positioned to guide a first portion of said flexible mounting means along a path extending generally parallel to the front-to-rear axis of the bicycle so that said brake levers will be pivoted and pulled by said flexible mounting means in a direction generally parallel to said front-to-rear axis of said bicycle, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 12

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and hollow handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, and guide means secured to said bicycle handle portions for guiding said flexible mounting means, said guide means including a generally U-shaped clamp element having one leg thereof disposed in a hollow end section of said hollow handle portion to provide a means for securing said guide means in position on said bicycle handle, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 13

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and hollow handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, and guide means secured to said bicycle handle portions for guiding said flexible mounting means, said guide means including a generally U-shaped clamp element having one leg thereof disposed in a hollow end section of said hollow handle portion to provide a means for securing said guide means in position on said bicycle handle, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 14

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means in the form of an elongated flexible element extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, said flexible mounting means comprising elongated flexible members forming continuations of said elongated flexible element, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 15

A braking device for use on a racing bicycle handle of the type having a cross bar and handle portions at the ends of said cross bar extending generally transversely of said cross bar and on which pivotal brake handle levers are mounted, comprising auxiliary brake means in the form of an elongated flexible element extending adjacent to said cross bar, said auxiliary brake means including flexible mounting means flexibly mounting said auxiliary brake means on said brake handle levers, said flexible mounting means comprising elongated flexible members forming continuations of said elongated flexible element, whereby said auxiliary brake means may be grasped by a rider to apply the brakes while the rider has his hands on said cross bar or other locations of the bicycle handle.

Claim 16

A braking device according to claim 11 wherein said flexible element and said flexible members are formed by a single cable.