Bicycle Training Aid Cantilevered Handle and Adjustable Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bicycle training aid devices fail to adapt to diverse bicycle configurations, hinder efficient handling and maneuvering, and often require the device to remain attached during motion, affecting balance and leverage.
Innovation Solution
A bicycle training aid device featuring a cantilevered handle member with adjustable and rotatable U-shaped clips that securely attach to the bicycle frame, allowing for easy detachment and reattachment, providing improved balance and leverage support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed rigid attachment structure is used, then the device provides stable support, but it cannot adapt to diverse bicycle frame configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment structure is divided into multiple segments: a clamp assembly with adjustable jaws, a mounting plate with multiple holes, and a connection rod. This segmentation allows each component to be independently adjusted to fit different bicycle frame configurations while maintaining overall structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment structure incorporates dynamic elements including adjustable clamp jaws that can expand/contract, multiple mounting positions, and a rotatable connection rod. These dynamic features enable the rigid structure to adapt to various bicycle frame shapes, sizes, and geometries.
2Ease of operation
If the training aid device remains attached to the bicycle during motion, then it provides continuous balance support, but it impedes rider balance and maneuvering efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The training aid device is designed to be easily detachable from the bicycle. The quick-release mechanism allows the device to be rapidly removed when not needed, eliminating the impediment to balance and maneuvering while providing continuous support when attached.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is attached and detached periodically based on training needs. It provides balance support during learning phases, then is removed for advanced maneuvers, creating a periodic pattern of support that optimizes both safety and riding skill development.
3Ease of operation
If the attachment structure is made simple for easy detachment, then it allows quick removal, but it cannot provide sufficient leverage and secure retention
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into a clamp assembly with screw adjustment, a mounting plate, and a connection rod. This segmentation allows the screw mechanism to provide strong retention while the modular design enables quick detachment by simply loosening the screw.
Solution Approach 2:
A quick-release pin or lever acts as an intermediary between the clamp and the mounting plate. This intermediary component allows rapid detachment by simple lever action while maintaining strong retention when engaged, separating the locking function from the attachment structure itself.
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AI summary
A bicycle training aid device comprising a cantilevered handle member for grasping by a user and guiding and/or supporting a bicycle, the cantilevered handle member disposed laterally adjacent to and extending in a direction outwardly away from a rear wheel of the bike and is retained on the frame of the bicycle using a plurality of attachment plates, wherein the plurality of attachment plates are configured to be coupled together with fasteners and each having a plurality clips configured to receive frame members on the frame of the bicycle.