Ronald Niels Bonner

US Patent:

20050266948, Dec 1, 2005

Filed:

May 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/855881

Inventors:

Byron Anderson - Austin TX, US
Ronald Bonner - Maitland FL, US

Assignee:

American Mentality, Inc. - Winter Park FL

International Classification:

B23Q005/22
F16G013/02
B23Q007/00
B21B039/00

US Classification:

474228000, 474230000

Abstract:

A bicycle chain for improved endurance includes pairs of substantially identical plates. Each oval plate has opposed first and second end portions joined by an outwardly stepped portion. Each end portion has a hole therethrough. A pair of plates is orientable with the respective inner faces of the first and the second end portions parallel and opposed. A spacing between inner faces of the first end portions is thereby less than a spacing between the inner faces of the second end portions. A pivot pin extends through the second end portion hole of a first plate through a first end portion hole of a third plate, through a spacer body, through a first end portion hole of a fourth plate, and through the second end portion hole of the second plate, the pivot pin rotatably anchored adjacent the outer faces of the first and the second plates.

US Patent:

20060205550, Sep 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/367746

Inventors:

Byron Anderson - Austin TX, US
Ronald Bonner - Maitland FL, US

International Classification:

F16G 13/02

US Classification:

474234000, 474230000, 474219000

Abstract:

A bicycle chain for improved endurance includes pairs of substantially identical plates. Each plate has a generally oval shape, with, in one embodiment, a generally centrally located indentation along an inner edge. A pair of plates is orientable with the respective inner faces of the first and the second end portions parallel and opposed. A spacing between inner faces of the first end portions is thereby less than a spacing between the inner faces of the second end portions. A pivot pin extends through the second end portion hole of a first plate through a first end portion hole of a third plate, through a spacer body, through a first end portion hole of a fourth plate, and through the second end portion hole of the second plate, the pivot pin rotatably anchored adjacent the outer faces of the first and the second plates.