Pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seatpost

Abstract

The present patent relates to a pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seatpost, which, according to its features, enables the formation of a pump and accessory assembly having its own specific mechanical structure in a format that allows it to be carried inside the seatpost (A) of a bicycle saddle (B), comprising a pump (2) and an external capsule (3) that is fitted to a pumping hose (C) and houses a kit for maintaining and repairing bicycle inner tubes and tyres, including glue, patches, sandpaper, and spatulas. The invention aims to completely optimise manual tyre inflation and repair procedures for bicycles and the like in a wide range of environments, together with storage entirely inside the bicycle frame, allowing for rapid and effective tyre repair.

Description

"PUMP AND ACCESSORY SET INTEGRATED INTO BICYCLE SEAT POST"

[0001] This patent relates to the technical field of bicycle accessories in general, more specifically to a pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post, which, according to its general characteristics, has as its basic principle to provide the formation of a pump and accessory assembly in its own specific mechanical structure in a format that allows its portability within the bicycle seat post and based on a pump and an external capsule together with the pumping cable that houses a kit for maintenance / repair of bicycle inner tubes and tires with glue, patch, sandpaper and spatulas, with a view to enabling, in an extremely practical, safe and economical manner, a complete optimization of the manual procedures for filling and repairing bicycle inner tubes and tires and similar in the most diverse types of locations, as well as their perfect packaging in the internal part of the bicycle structure (seat post),combined with fast and perfect tire repair.

[0002] With a specific design and format and easy access for better adaptation and user safety, practical handling and functionality features, very affordable costs and, due to its general characteristics and dimensions, easily adaptable to a wide range of bicycles, pumps, accessories, locations and users in general, regardless of the characteristics they may present.

[0003] Bicycle tire pumps, widely recognized for their current state-of-the-art technology, are indispensable tools for cycling, both for leisure and competitions on a wide variety of terrains. Stored in dedicated bags or mounts, usually attached directly to the outside of bicycles, hand-operated air pumps are essential safety equipment for all types of cyclists, whether on trails, roads, or urban rides.

[0004] The air pump is a lightweight and compact device, with the function of compressing air to inflate which types of tires by converting mechanical energy into compressed air energy, that is, its basic purpose is to increase the air pressure of the tires so that they are more rigid and full, as well as suitable for use on bicycles, guaranteeing the solution for possible needs in filling with compressed air, bicycle tires and inner tubes.

[0005] Bicycle saddles are one of the three main points of contact between users and bicycles, and it is on the saddles that the user rests / sits while using the bicycle.

[0006] Seatposts, widely recognized by current technology, are tubes that hold the bicycle seat, which in turn attaches to the bicycle frame. The seatpost is a metal tube with the saddle directly attached to its upper section, and the seatpost attaches to the bicycle frame at its lower section, ensuring complete safety, balance, and comfort for cyclists. It should be noted that seatposts come in different sizes and are made from different materials.

[0007] Seatposts or even bicycle seat supports are pieces that have been gaining prominence each year when it comes to performance and comfort for the cyclist, this is because bicycle seatposts are pieces that are part of the impact absorption and ergonomics (which generates comfort and performance) for maximum use in any direction when riding a bicycle in any type of road cycling and urban use.

[0008] However, it is worth noting that the types of packaging and / or couplings of pumps and repair accessories, despite being widely used with the most diverse types of bicycles, have become, every day, real obstacles for cyclists, mainly because they represent extra baggage and directly interfere with the cyclists' performance, as they end up generating a significant volume next to the bicycle's structure and in the cyclists' line of action.

[0009] In view of this scenario, it was considered convenient to develop devices and / or equipment such as accessories aimed at manual repairs of bicycle tires, for filling and repairing inner tubes and tires, which enable a perfect, practical and safe repair of bicycle tires and inner tubes, without, however, compromising the cyclist's performance, that is, that allow for optimization in the way equipment for bicycle tire and inner tube repair procedures is transported.

[0010] Thus, the model presented here aims to offer bicycle users, both for leisure and for sporting competition, the structuring of a set of tire and inner tube repair accessories, integrated directly into the bicycle, which, through its structural design, is capable of providing a new concept for storing these accessories on bicycles.

[0011] In a broad analysis of the literature, with the aim of establishing the current state of the art in relation to pumps, pump supports and bicycle tire repair accessories, primarily arranged integrated into the bicycle structure, which is the subject of this patent, no documents relevant to the state of the art were described that relate to the specific object claimed, that is, a set of portable pump and accessories stored / fitted inside the seat post of bicycles by means of a pump with a compartment in its pumping cable that accommodates a repair kit, these being glue, patch, sandpaper and spatulas, or containing an external capsule or receptacle coupled to the end of its pumping cable.

[0012] Thus, the patent in question combines components and processes into a unique design that meets the diverse requirements of its intended use, namely manual repairs of bicycle inner tubes and tires. This design ensures a pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post that offers high efficiency, functionality, strength, durability, safety, versatility, practicality, precision, and cost-effectiveness due to the excellent technical qualities it combines. This provides advantages and improvements in the portability of manual repair kits for bicycle inner tubes and tires, with internal storage within the bicycle frame. These kits' general characteristics differ from other forms and models currently known in the art.

[0013] This patent consists of the use of a modern, efficient, safe and functional pump and accessories set integrated into a bicycle seat post, consisting of a set of correctly incorporated mechanical and cycling solutions, composing a complete and differentiated pump and accessories set with an exclusive design, excellent finishing details and unique characteristics, which incorporates its own specific mechanical structure, of high durability and resistance, cylindrical shape and containing perfectly integrated and symmetrically arranged among themselves a pump as an element for inflating the bicycle tire and structuring the pump and accessories set; and an external capsule as an element for storing the repair accessories and integration with the pump's pumping cable, in order to enable the formation of a unique, complete and safe set, whose internal and external shapes and arrangements allow for perfect adaptation to a wide range of bicycle posts in general, being specially designed for these purposes.

[0014] Thus, the general design of the present pump and accessories set integrated into the bicycle seat post, which is the subject of the present patent, is entirely based on its simple and robust structure with a minimum of necessary components and extremely simplified, safe and optimized operation, combined with very practical manufacturing and maintenance procedures, in order to generate a practical and efficient pump and accessories set based on a pump that has attached / fitted to the free end of its pumping cable an external capsule with an internal compartment for storing manual accessories for repairing inner tubes and bicycle tires, such as, for example, patches, glue, sandpaper and support tools, with this entire set fitted along the inside of the bicycle seat post.

[0015] More specifically, the pump and accessories set is based on a maintenance kit for bicycle tires and inner tubes that can be stored inside the bicycle seat post, representing a significant improvement in the way of carrying the pump and manual bicycle tire repair accessories, molding it and internalizing it inside a compartment that already exists on bicycles, the seat post.

[0016] In this line, it can be concluded that this practical and safe technical solution was developed for an important technical problem for cyclists, based on the way of carrying the pump and manual repair accessories together and in a more discreet way and with better physical and aerodynamic advantage, with a format that allows its portability inside the bicycle seat post, prioritizing the cycling performance of users, in order to avoid extra volume near the exterior parts of the bicycles.

[0017] This pump and accessory set is based on the application of components and processes in a differentiated design, without, however, reaching a high degree of sophistication and complexity, making it possible to solve some of the main drawbacks of other forms and models known by the current state of the art and used together in the procedures for filling and repairing inner tubes and bicycle tires, which are located in a working range in which traditional forms and / or models present disadvantages of use due to the inconveniences of portability and transportation related to the need to fix extra volumes in positions external to the parts of the bicycles or being transported together with the cyclist's body, causing extra baggage, aerodynamic drag, visual pollution to the structural image of the bicycles, generating certain obstacles in their transportation for use and application, which may compromise performance,or even generate losses or accidents, or suffer deterioration due to exposure, and thus, can be considered to have low versatility, low precision, generating insecurity, low performance, extra work in the application and with inconvenient volume.

[0018] The objectives, advantages and other important characteristics of the patent in question may be more easily understood when read in conjunction with the attached figures, in which:

[0019] Figure IA represents a perspective view of the pump and accessories assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post.

[0020] Figure 1B is an exploded perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post.

[0021] Figure 2A is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post in another pump configuration.

[0022] Figure 2B is an exploded perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post in another pump configuration.

[0023] Figure 3A is a perspective view of the assembly of the pump and accessories set integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 1 assembly.

[0024] Figure 3B is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 2 positioning.

[0025] Figure 3C is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 3 coupling.

[0026] The 3D figure represents a perspective view of the pump and accessories assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 4 fitting.

[0027] Figure 4A is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 1 assembly.

[0028] Figure 4B is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 2 coupling.

[0029] Figure 4C is a perspective view of the pump and accessory assembly integrated into the bicycle seat post - step 3 fitting.

[0030] As can be inferred from the attached figures that illustrate and form part of this descriptive report of the patent for "Pump and Accessories Assembly Integrated into Bicycle Seat Post", figure (IA) shows the same in general terms, comprising a complete pump and accessories assembly (1) with its own characteristics, incorporating a specific mechanical structure, internal and external shapes and arrangements that adapt to a wide range of bicycle seat posts (A) (B) in general, cylindrical in shape and containing, perfectly integrated and arranged among themselves, a cylindrical pump (2), arranged symmetrically along the length of the pump and accessories assembly (1) and having an external fixing device (2A) arranged at the end of the cable. pumping (C) of the pump (2) for fixing the external capsule (3) in the pump (2), and an external fixing device (2B) arranged at the external end of the pump (2) opposite that of the pumping cable (C) for fixing the pump and accessories assembly (1) inside the seat post (A) (B); and a cylindrical external capsule (3) hollow at one of its ends, arranged symmetrically aligned and coupled by its hollow part to the end of the pumping cable (C) of the pump (2) and having an internal fixing device (3A) arranged at the hollow end and aligned with the external fixing device (2A) of the pump (2) for fixing the external capsule (3) in the pumping cable (C), as well as having stored inside it manual repair accessories such as patch, glue, sandpaper and support tools; and, the pump and accessories set (1) is fully coupled / fitted symmetrically along the inside of the bicycle seat post (A) or seat post (B).

[0031] The Pump and Accessories Set Integrated into the Bicycle Seat Post, according to the application needs, can be comprised of a cylindrical external capsule (3) in which its hollow is arranged throughout its entire length and having a cover (5) arranged symmetrically at its free end opposite to the coupling / fitting on the pump (2), allowing access to the manual repair accessories without the need to decouple / disconnect the external capsule (3) from the pump (2).

[0032] The Bicycle Seatpost Integrated Pump and Accessories Set, depending on the application needs, can be comprised of a single cylindrical module in which the pump (2) has an internal compartment in its pumping cable (C), instead of the external capsule (3), which houses the bicycle tire and inner tube repair kit with glue, patch, sandpaper and spatulas to aid in mounting and dismounting tires.

[0033] Regarding the format of pump models that meet the claim of this innovation in pump coupling (2), external capsule (3) and repair kit for bicycle tires and inner tubes, the pumps can be of mechanical, electrical, electronic, or gas nature.

[0034] The application of the pump and accessories assembly integrated into a bicycle seat post is based on its perfect mechanical structure, which integrates a pump (2) and an external capsule with manual bicycle tire repair accessories into a single cylindrical module, as well as its fully integrated packaging along the inside of the bicycle seat post (A) (B). Initially, all manual repair accessories (3) are optimally packaged inside the external capsule (3). Then, the external capsule (3) is coupled or fitted through its internal opening at the end of the pumping cable (C) of the pump (2), thus forming a single cylindrical assembly. Next, the pump and accessories assembly (1) is coupled or fitted by sliding it along the inside of the bicycle seat post (A) (B).Finally, fit or attach the seat post (A) to the seat post (B) in its correct position on the bicycle frame.

[0035] When it is necessary to carry out any type of manual repairs to bicycle tires and similar items, all components are disassembled in the opposite way to assembly, so that the pump (2) and manual repair accessories are fully available.

[0036] The pump and accessory set integrated into the bicycle seatpost, with its components fully integrated, ensures nothing comes loose and nothing can break or bend. This achieves high performance and efficiency, combined with high durability and absolute safety. Once fully integrated with each other and the inner part of the bicycle seatpost (A) (B), the components are cohesive, thus preventing them from coming loose when the bicycle is in use. The set remains fully accessible for use in inflating and repairing bicycle tires. This means the pump and accessory set (1) can be used without any concerns, particularly regarding portability, durability, and the safety of its components, as well as the safety of users.

[0037] By this set described as Repair Kit for inner tubes and tires integrated into the seat post as accessories for bicycles and similar, it is estimated that it will be well received by bicycle users in general, since the pump and accessories set integrated into the bicycle seat post has numerous advantages, such as: invisible and internal coupling on the bicycle; safety, reliability and agility in application; good yield and performance in its application due to its general design; high comfort, convenience, safety and practicality for users; affordable costs enabling an excellent cost / benefit ratio; practical and safe for users for perfect and direct adaptation to the most diverse types of bicycle seat posts (A) (B); high operational precision and the certainty of having a pump and accessories set (1) that fully meets current legislation and standards and the basic conditions necessary for its application as a whole.

[0038] All these attributes allow us to classify the pump and accessories set integrated into the bicycle seat post as a totally versatile, efficient, practical and safe means for a wide range of routine procedures for inflating and manually repairing the most diverse types of inner tubes and tires of a wide range of bicycles, in the most diverse types of locations and by the most diverse types of users, regardless of the general characteristics they may present, and also being very easy to apply and handle, combined with great performance and excellent general characteristics; however, it is not limited at any time to the representations described herein, and should be understood in its broad scope of claims, that is, not being limited to the specific form revealed, and that other similar forms are understood as fully included within the claimed scope.

Claims

CLAIMS 1. / 'PUMP AND ACCESSORIES ASSEMBLY INTEGRATED INTO A BICYCLE SEAT POST', characterized by a cylindrical structure containing integrated between them a cylindrical pump (2), arranged symmetrically along the length of the pump and accessories assembly (1) and having an external fixing device (2A) arranged at the end of the pumping cable (C) of the pump (2) in the fixing of the external capsule (3) in the pump (2), and an external fixing device (2B) arranged at the external end of the pump (2) opposite to that of the pumping cable (C) in the fixing of the pump and accessories assembly (1) inside the seat post (A) (B);and a cylindrical external capsule (3) hollow at one of its ends, arranged symmetrically aligned and coupled by its hollow part to the end of the pumping cable (C) of the pump (2) and having an internal fixing device (3A) arranged at the hollow end and aligned with the external fixing device (2A) of the pump (2) in the fixing of the external capsule (3) to the pumping cable (C), as well as having stored inside it manual repair accessories such as patch, glue, sandpaper and support tools; and, being that, the pump and accessories assembly (1) is fully coupled / fitted symmetrically along the internal part of the seat post (A) of the bicycle seat (B).; 2.) "PUMP AND ACCESSORIES ASSEMBLY INTEGRATED INTO A BICYCLE SEAT POST", according to claim 1 and characterized by a cylindrical external capsule (3) in which its hollow is arranged throughout its internal extension and having a cover (5) arranged symmetrically at the free end of the hollow opposite to the coupling / fitting on the pump (2). 3.) "PUMP AND ACCESSORIES ASSEMBLY INTEGRATED INTO A BICYCLE SEAT POST", according to claim 1 and characterized by a single cylindrical module in which the pump (2) has an internal compartment in its pumping cable (C) which houses the bicycle tire and inner tube repair kit with glue, patch, sandpaper and spatulas to aid in mounting and dismounting tires.

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