Handlebar assembly

Claim 1

A handlebar assembly for protectively mounting bicycle accessories such as speedometers, lights, horns and the like, said handlebar assembly comprising handlebar means having a substantially straight crossbar portion, said crossbar portion including a central portion adapted to be retained by a bicycle frame, said crossbar portion terminating in ends adapted to be gripped, each of said ends being formed by a downwardly curved portion and a rearwardly curved portion terminating in a handlegrip portion, in combination with support bar means for supporting one or more of said accessories, said support bar means comprising a substantially straight support bar portion including ends, clamp means, affixed to said ends of said support bar means and adapted for rotational movement about said handlegrip portions, for quick and easy attachment and detachment of the support bar means to the handlegrip portions, and telescoping means for enabling longitudinal adjustment of said straight support bar to accommodate different spacings between the handlegrip portions, said support bar means mounted in combination with the handlebar means to define an area for protecting said mounted accessories, the size of said area being adjustable by rotating said clamp means relative to said handlegrip portions to enable said telescoping means for longitudinal adjustment of said straight support bar.