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| Issue 1299-2 |
| US 6,953,202 B2 |
| Frame assembly for a bicycle |
| Jason L. Chamberlain, Morgan Hill, Calif. (US); and Christopher P. D′Aluisio, Watsonville, Calif. (US) |
| Assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, Calif. (US) |
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,384. |
| Application 10/985384 is a continuation of application No. 10/811765, filed on Mar. 29, 2004, granted, now 6866281. |
| Application 10/811765 is a continuation of application No. 10/135052, filed on Apr. 29, 2002, granted, now 6712373. |
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/372982, filed on Apr. 15, 2002. |
| Prior Publication US 2005/0046145 A1, Mar. 03, 2005 |
| Int. Cl.7B62K 19/00 |
| U.S. Cl. 280—281.1 [280/283] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A bicycle comprising:
a front wheel;
a rear wheel;
a frame assembly comprising a main frame and a sub-frame moveable relative to said main frame and configured to carry said
rear wheel, said main frame comprising a head tube, a seat tube, a top tube and a down tube, at least a portion of said sub-frame
pivotally supported by said seat tube, said top tube and said down tube connected to said head tube and extending in a rearward
direction from said head tube toward said seat tube, said down tube curving away from said top tube in a rearward direction
from said head tube, an upper surface of said down tube contacting a lower surface of said top tube along a contact distance
extending rearward from said head tube, said frame assembly additionally comprising a gusset extending between a forward surface
of said seat tube and an upper surface of said top tube.
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