Water bottle cage for bicycles

Claim 1

A water bottle cage for bicycles for use with a water bottle of the type having a circular cylindrical side wall, a bottom wall, a neck receiving a cap and a shoulder between the side wall and neck, the cage being molded from a resilient substantially rigid polymeric material and having an elongated base portion having a surface engageable by a lengthwise band along the side wall of the water bottle; a bottom flange portion projecting from the base portion adjacent one end thereof and engageable by a portion of the bottom of the water bottle; a cage portion having a pair of oppositely disposed arcuate segments, each joined at one end to the other end of the base portion and extending laterally thereof for engagement with the side wall of the water bottle generally circumferentially thereof and having its other end disposed generally opposite from the base portion, said other ends of the arcuate segments being spaced apart from each other, a pair of spaced-apart lengthwise segments, each being joined at one end to the other end of a respective arcuate segment and being engageable with the side wall of the water bottle, and an end segment joining the other ends of the lengthwise segments and engageable with a portion of the bottom of the water bottle, the respective arcuate segments and lengthwise segments being deformable relative to each other and to the base portion so as to be adapted to engage resiliently the side walls of the water bottle; and a retainer portion extending from said other end of the base portion engageable with the shoulder of the water bottle.