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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent
(10) Patent Number: US (45) Date of Reissued Patent:
Fritschen (54)
BICYCLE WITH IMPROVED FRAME
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CONFIGURATION
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8/1937 Giordani 6/1945 Wallace et a1. 4/1974 Gutknecht
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Inventor:
Thomas M. Fritschen, PO. Box 145, Fountain, CO (US) 80817
D291,873 S 4,900,048 A
9/1987 Koyama 2/1990 Derujinsky
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This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer.
D313,381 D321,155 5,215,322 5,273,303 D347,603 5,415,423
(21) Appl. No.: 11/491,530 (22) Filed:
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1/1991 10/1991 6/1993 12/1993 6/1994 5/1995
Moeller Tan Enders HornZee-Jones Fritschen Allsop et a1.
Jul. 24, 2006 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Related US. Patent Documents DE EP GB JP
Reissue of:
(64) Patent No.: Issued:
6,955,372 Oct. 18, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/021,462
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
A A A A
7/1992 10/1986 4/1982 1/1991
Primary ExamineriKevin Hurley
US. Applications:
(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiMark G. Pannell; Hanes & SchutZ, LLC
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4101998 198284 2085378 03014781
Continuation of application No. 10/ 313,294, ?led on Dec. 6,
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ABSTRACT
2002, now Pat. No. 6,848,700, which is a continuation of
application No. 09/490,371, ?led on Jan. 24, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,503,589, which is a continuation of application No. 08/811,138, ?led on Mar. 3, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,017,048, which is a continuation of application No. 08/687,266, ?led on Jul. 25, 1996, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 08/112,449, ?led on Aug. 27, 1993, now
abandoned, which is a continuation-in-pait of application
Disclosed herein are various embodiments, including but not limited to a bicycle that includes, among other features, an
elongated down tube and a single elongated seat tube, the longitudinal axis of the seat tube intersecting the longitudi nal axis of the down tube at a location substantially inter mediate between the ?rst and second ends of the down tube,
No. 07/894,576, ?led on Jun. 5, 1992, now abandoned.
wherein the distance between the spaced apart side outer
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surfaces of each of the down tube and the seat tube are less than the distance between the upper and lower outer surfaces
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US. Cl. ................................ .. 280/2811; 280/2883
ing a seat tube, a seat tube sleeve, a crank assembly and a
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Field of Classi?cation Search ............ .. 280/281.1,
bottom bracket sleeve for mounting the crank assembly,
280/283, 275, 288.3; D12/111 See application ?le for complete search history.
wherein the seat tube sleeve has an upper end, a lower end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the upper end to the
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of each of the down tube and seat tube; additionally includ
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lower end; the seat tube being disposed within the seat tube sleeve, the longitudinal axis of the seat tube sleeve inter secting the bottom bracket sleeve.
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