HOLDER FOR A TWO-WHEELER LOCK

Abstract

A holder, for a two-wheeler lock of a folding lock type, includes a carrier that extends along a longitudinal axis and that has a fastening device for fastening the carrier to a tube section of a two-wheeler, wherein the carrier bounds a reception region for receiving the two-wheeler lock, and further comprises a fixing hoop that is supported at the carrier pivotable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the fixing hoop is configured to fix the two-wheeler lock in the reception region in the closed position. The fixing hoop has at least one spring section that is configured to exert a pressing force on the lock in the closed position of the fixing hoop.

Claims

1. A holder for a two-wheeler lock of a folding lock type, the holder comprising a carrier that extends along a longitudinal axis, the carrier bounds a reception region configured to receive the two-wheeler lock, and a fixing hoop that is supported at the carrier pivotable between an open position and a closed position, with the fixing hoop being configured to fix the two-wheeler lock in the reception region in the closed position, wherein the fixing hoop has at least one spring section that is configured to exert a pressing force on the lock in the closed position of the fixing hoop.

2. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the carrier.

3. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one spring section is resilient.

4. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one spring section is aligned obliquely with respect to the direction of extent of the fixing hoop.

5. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one spring section is formed integrally at the fixing hoop.

6. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one spring section is formed by a multi-side opening at the fixing hoop.

7. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop has two spring sections.

8. The holder in accordance with claim 7, wherein the two spring sections face in mutually at least substantially opposite directions.

9. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is elastic perpendicular to its direction of extension, but not along its respective direction of extension.

10. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop or a part of the fixing hoop is convexly arched with respect to the reception region.

11. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop peripherally closes the reception region in the closed position.

12. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is substantially of U shape.

13. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is at least substantially of stable shape.

14. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is supported at the carrier pivotable by at least one hinge.

15. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the carrier.

16. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop has a free end that is latchable to the carrier by a latch device.

17. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fixing hoop has at least one hinge end and a closure end; wherein the carrier has a first connection section and a second connection section similar to the first connection section, respectively, at two sides of the reception region; wherein the fixing hoop is selectively fixable in a first configuration or in a second configuration to the carrier; wherein the hinge end of the fixing hoop is fastened to the first connection section of the carrier in the first configuration and the closure end is blockable at the second connection section; and wherein the hinge end of the fixing hoop is fastened to the second connection section of the carrier in the second configuration and the closure end is blockable at the first connection section.

18. The holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the carrier has a support element that is configured to support the two-wheeler lock received in the reception region against a movement along the longitudinal axis of the carrier.

19. The holder in accordance with claim 18, wherein the support element projects laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the carrier so as to be configured to support the two-wheeler lock at a front side or to engage into a portion of the two-wheeler lock.

20. The holder in accordance with claim 18, wherein the support element is at least substantially rigidly connected to the carrier.

21. The holder in accordance with claim 1 further comprising the two-wheeler lock.

22. A lock arrangement comprising: a two-wheeler lock of a folding lock type, the two-wheeler lock has a lock body and a jointed bar hoop which is fastened to the lock body and which has a plurality of jointed bars which are pivotably connected to one another and that are folded together to form an axially parallel arrangement; and a holder configured to hold the two-wheeler lock, the holder includes a carrier and a fixing hoop, the carrier extends along a longitudinal axis, the carrier bounds a reception region that receives the two-wheeler lock, and the fixing hoop is supported at the carrier pivotable between an open position and a closed position, with the fixing hoop being configured to fix the two-wheeler lock in the reception region in the closed position, wherein the fixing hoop has at least one spring section that is configured to exert a pressing force on the lock in the closed position of the fixing hoop.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0049] The present disclosure will be explained in the following only by way of example with reference to the drawings. Elements which are the same or of a similar kind are marked by the same reference numerals therein.

[0050] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a holder for a two-wheeler lock with a fixing hoop in the closed position obliquely from the front;

[0051] FIG. 2 show a front view of the holder with the fixing hoop in the closed position;

[0052] FIG. 3 shows a side view of the holder with the fixing hoop in the closed position;

[0053] FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the holder with the fixing hoop in the open position obliquely from the front;

[0054] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the holder with a two-wheeler lock received therein obliquely from the front; and

[0055] FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a further embodiment of a holder for a two-wheeler lock obliquely from the front.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0056] FIGS. 1 to 5 show different views of a holder for a two-wheeler lock 61 (FIG. 5) of a folding lock type. Such a folding lock typically comprises a lock body and a jointed bar hoop that is fastened thereto and that has a plurality of jointed hoop that are pivotably connected to one another and that may be folded together to form a compact package. Substantially parallelepiped-shaped dimensions with two narrow sides and two broad sides along the periphery hereby result for the two-wheeler lock 61 and in particular for the jointed bar hoop.

[0057] The holder for the two-wheeler lock 61 comprises a carrier 11 that serves as a base plate, that extends along a longitudinal axis L, and that has a contact plate 12 concavely arched in cross-section at its rear side. The carrier 11 may be fastened to a tube section R of a two-wheeler (FIG. 1) with the aid of a plurality of fastening openings 13 for leading through fasteners 26, such as screws, and a plurality of lateral slits 14 for leading through a respective fastening band. Flexible laterally projecting guide tabs 16 for the respective fastening band are provided at the carrier 11 or at the contact plate 12 at the level of the slits 14. The carrier 11 extends along a carrier plane T at its front side shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

[0058] The holder has a reception region 15 in which the two-wheeler lock 61 is located in use as shown in FIG. 5. The reception region 15 is in this respect aligned in parallel with the longitudinal axis L of the carrier 11 and is bounded at the rear side by the front side or by the carrier plane T of the carrier 11, with one of the broad sides of the substantially parallelepiped-shaped two-wheeler lock 61 facing the carrier 11 and thus the tube section in the received state.

[0059] A fixing hoop (or fixing bar) 21 is pivotably supported at the carrier 11 in the upper third of the holder. The fixing hoop 21 is freely movable between an open position (FIG. 4) and a closed position (FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5). The fixing hoop 21 is of substantially U shape with a base section 23 that is aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis L of the carrier and is arranged between two limb sections 24, 24.

[0060] The fixing hoop 21 extends overall along a direction of extent E that is aligned perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L of the carrier 11. The base section 23 is slightly convexly arched with respect to the reception region 15 for the two-wheeler lock 61 and extends substantially along a plane F that extends in parallel offset with respect to the carrier plane T of the carrier 11 (cf. FIG. 3). In the closed state (FIG. 1), the fixing hoop 21 surrounds the reception region 15 for the two-wheeler lock 61 in a U shape. The fixing hoop 21 is substantially of stable shape, with the individual sections 23, 24, 24 of the fixing hoop 21 being elastic perpendicular to their respective directions of extent and in particular at their mutual connection points, but not along their respective directions of extent. The U shape of the fixing hoop 21 is thus elastic overall.

[0061] The base section 23 of the fixing hoop 21 is frame-shaped in the embodiment shown here. Two resilient spring sections 25, 25 are located within the frame-shaped base section 23 which are formed integrally with the base section 23 and which are only connected to the base section 23 of the fixing hoop 21 via a common central web section 29 due to a respective U-shaped opening 27. The two spring sections 25, 25 face away from the web section 29 in mutually offset directions and are slightly obliquely aligned with respect to the plane of extent F of the base section 23 of the fixing hoop 21 so that the spring sections 25, 25 project into the reception region 15 for the two-wheeler lock 61.

[0062] As may above all be seen in FIGS. 2 to 4, the fixing hoop 21 is fixed to the carrier 11 with the aid of a hinge 31. The hinge 31 comprises a hinge pin 33 of the carrier 11 and a hinge bracket 35 of the fixing hoop 21 that partially peripherally engages around the hinge pin 33. It is possible due to the hinge 31 to pivot the fixing hoop 21 about a pivot axis S substantially free of forces, apart from frictional forces, between the open position and the closed position.

[0063] The carrier 11 has a latch device 41 at the side disposed opposite the hinge 31. The latch device 41 comprises a latch web 43 of the carrier 11 and a latch nose 45 of the fixing hoop 21 latched to the latch web 43 (FIG. 4). The free end of the fixing hoop 21 may be releasably fixed to the carrier 11 with the aid of the latch device 41 in the closed position.

[0064] In the lower region, the carrier 11 has a support shell 51 that is low-cut at its front side 53, while two side walls 55 extend far to the top relative to the front side 53. The bottom of the support shell 51 forms a support element 57.

[0065] As regards the use of the holder shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the two-wheeler lock 61 may be inserted into the reception region 15 when the fixing hoop 21 is in the open position (FIG. 4). This may take in a simple manner from the front due to the low-cut front side 53 of the support shell 51. The support element 57 (bottom of the support shell 51) here serves for the lower-side support of the two-wheeler lock 61 along the longitudinal axis L.

[0066] The fixing hoop 21 may be brought into the closed position by a subsequent pivoting of the fixing hoop 21 about the pivot axis S; this is fixed by a latching of the fixing hoop 21 by the latch device 41. The two-wheeler lock 61 is thus peripherally captured in the reception region 15 of the holder (FIG. 5).

[0067] A pressing force on the two-wheeler lock 61 located in the reception region 15 which firmly fixes the two-wheeler lock 61 and stops it from slipping is generated by the spring sections 25, 25 which are molded to the fixing hoop 21, which are resilient and which are angled with respect to the reception region 15 in the closed position of the fixing hoop 21 complementary to the elasticity of the slightly arched base section 23 of the fixing hoop 21. Any clearance of the two-wheeler lock 61 between the carrier 11 and the fixing hoop 21 is hereby eliminated and unwanted movements of the two-wheeler lock 61 in the reception region 15 are suppressed that could produce wear or noise. The fixing hoop 21 may nevertheless be closed in a comfortable manner and in particular one-handed by pivoting and latching, with a certain force effort only being required on the final closing or blocking of the fixing hoop 21 to tension the spring sections 25, 25 and to close the latch device 41.

[0068] When the two-wheeler lock 61 is received in the reception region 15 of the holder and the fixing hoop 21 is closed, the two relatively high side walls 53 of the support shell 51 provide a high lateral stability of the held two-wheeler lock 61.

[0069] A further aspect of the shown holder comprises the ability to swap over the direction of actuation of the fixing hoop 21. The hinge pin 33 of the hinge 31 and the latch web 43 of the latch device 41 are formed in similar manners. The hinge pin 33 may thus be considered as a first connection section 37 of the carrier 11 and the latch web 43 may be considered as a second connection section 47 of the carrier 11. The end of the fixing hoop 21 comprising the hinge bracket 35 may be called a hinge end 39, while the end of the fixing hoop 21 comprising the latch nose 45 may be called a closure end 49. In the open position, the fixing hoop 21 may be removed from the carrier 11 by the separation of the hinge pin 33 and the hinge bracket 35 and may be fastened to the carrier 11 again in an alignment rotated by 180 in the plane F (FIG. 3) so that the hinge end 39 of the fixing hoop 21 is now connected in an articulated manner to the second connection section 47 of the carrier 11. The fixing hoop 21 now pivots about the pivot axis S. To block the fixing hoop 21 in the closed position, the closure end 45 of the fixing hoop 21 is latched to the first connection section 37 of the carrier 11. Due to the symmetrically arranged similar connection sections 37, 47, the directions of opening and closing of the fixing hoop 21 may be swapped over in this manner.

[0070] In a further embodiment, not shown, it is possible that the spring section(s) 25 is/are aligned at least substantially in parallel with the longitudinal axis L of the carrier (apart from a certain slant in the direction of the reception region 15) and extend(s) over some (in particular more than half) the width or almost the total width of the fixing hoop (in particular of the base section 23). The spring section(s) 25 may in turn have partially peripheral openings so that the spring section(s) is/are resilient in a direction that extends transversely (and in some embodiments perpendicular) to the direction of extent of the respective spring section. With such an extent over some of the width of the fixing hoop, the respective spring section may contact a plurality or even all of the jointed bars of the two-wheeler lock 61 to fix the two-wheeler lock 61 in the reception region 15 and in particular also to prevent a shaking movement of the individual jointed bars relative to one another.

[0071] FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a holder for a two-wheeler lock. The fixing hoop 21 is here substantially of X shape. The fixing hoop 21 in turn has two spring sections 25, 25 in a central region along the longitudinal axis L that are formed integrally with the fixing hoop 21 and that face in mutually opposite directions in a laterally free-standing manner, with the two spring sections 25, 25, however, being slightly inclined in the direction of the reception region 15 for the two-wheeler lock (not shown in FIG. 6).

[0072] Furthermore, only a support element 71 is provided in an upper region of the carrier 11 instead of the support shell 51 in accordance with FIGS. 1 to 5, with the support element projecting from the carrier 11 in the direction of the reception region 15 for the two-wheeler lock. The support element 71 has the shape of a support web that extends substantially along an orthogonal plane with respect to the longitudinal axis L, but that tapers toward its free end. The support element 71 is configured to engage into a cut-out of the two-wheeler lock that is formed between the lock body and the jointed bar hoop.

[0073] In the above-described embodiments, a simple, intuitive and in particular one-handed handling of the two-wheeler lock holder is made possible due to the easy opening and closing of the freely pivotable fixing hoop 21. A firm fixing of a two-wheeler lock 61 within the reception region 15 of the holder is in particular achieved by the resilient spring sections 25, 25. The holder is suitable both for left handed persons and right handed persons and for different parking positions having different accessibilities of the holder due to the possibility of swapping over the opening and closing directions in the embodiment in accordance with FIGS. 1 to 5.