Appeal No. 2004-0072 Page 5
Application No. 09/904,341
Galasso's invention relates to a hitch for attaching a bicycle trailer to a bicycle.
As shown in Figures 1-2, the hitch comprises a mounting bracket 10 adapted to be
releasably attached to a chain stay of the bicycle frame (not shown) and a resiliently
flexible coupling member 12 of an elastomeric material attached to the mounting
bracket 10 and adapted to be attached to a boom tube 14 that is in turn attached to the
bicycle trailer (not shown). The coupling member 12 provides universal articulation
between the mounting bracket 10 and the boom tube 14. The coupling member 12
includes an elongated arm portion 30 of a substantially flattened uniform cross-section
along its length. The mounting bracket 10 is bifurcated such as to define spaced-apart
leg portions to receive part of the arm portion 30 of the coupling member in close-fitting
relation and is affixed thereto by bolts and nuts. A cylindrical boss portion 32 at the rear
end of the coupling member 12 is received telescopically within the boom tube 14 and
affixed thereto by means of a bolt and nut. The boss portion 32 of the coupling
member extends obliquely out and to the rear in alignment with the front part of the
boom tube 14, the front end of which lies oblique to the longitudinal axis of the bicycle
in order to provide clearance between the boom tube and the rear wheel of the bicycle
for turning.
Peterson's invention relates to a self positioning device for supporting one end
portion of a snowmobile in a elevated position. The self positioning elevating and
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