New patent application published for: BICYCLE MULTI-TOOL STORABLE WITHIN STEERER TUBE

BICYCLE MULTI-TOOL STORABLE WITHIN STEERER TUBE

Claims

1. A multi-tool storable within a steerer tube of a bicycle, comprising: a main housing having a top end, a bottom end, and a longitudinal body extending between the top end and the bottom end; a first tool removably couplable to the bottom end; a tool insert abutting the first tool; a second tool removably engaged through the tool insert and the first tool; an external lock having a first means for engaging the tool insert and a second means for engaging a hollow interior of the steerer tube of the bicycle; a means for storing one or more tools formed in the longitudinal body; and a means for removably engaging one of the stored tools formed at and extending from the top end.
2. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the tool engagement means comprises a swiveling hex bit holder.
3. The multi-tool of claim 2, wherein the swiveling hex bit holder is configured to swivel substantially 180-degrees relative to the longitudinal body.
4. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the first tool and the tool insert are formed together as a first tool insert removably couplable to the bottom end of the main housing.
5. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the tool storage means comprises one or more channels formed in the longitudinal body, each channel configured to receive a tool.
6. The multi-tool of claim 5, wherein the channels are configured to receive one or more hex bits.
7. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the first tool comprises a bicycle chain breaker tool.
8. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the second tool comprises a bicycle chain breaker screw.
9. The multi-tool of claim 8, wherein the bicycle chain breaker screw extends through the tool insert and the first tool and is coupled to the bottom end of the main housing.
10. The multi-tool of claim 9, wherein the bicycle chain breaker screw removably secures the first tool to the bottom end and the tool insert to the first tool.
11. The multi-tool of claim 1, further comprising a magnetic core forming the longitudinal body and wherein the main housing surrounds the magnetic core.
12. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the external lock comprises a hollow channel.
13. The multi-tool of claim 12, wherein the tool insert comprises external threads formed around an outer surface of the tool insert.
14. The multi-tool of claim 13, wherein the first engagement means comprises internal threads formed around the hollow channel that are complimentary to the external threads of the tool insert.
15. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the external lock comprises a smooth outer surface.
16. The multi-tool of claim 15, wherein the second engagement means comprises a friction fit of the external lock within the hollow interior of the bicycle steerer tube.
17. The multi-tool of claim 16, wherein the external lock further comprises a means for removing the external lock from the steerer tube of the bicycle.
18. The multi-tool of claim 17, wherein the removal means comprises a lip formed around a lower end of the external lock, the lip configured for grasping to facilitate removal.
19. The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein the second tool is configured to engage the tool engagement means.
20. The multi-tool of claim 19, wherein the second tool, when engaged to the tool engagement means, is configured for engagement with the first tool.