Loronzo H Thomson

6708582, Mar 23, 2004

Feb 8, 2001

09/779191

Mark P. McJunkin - Macon GA
Loronzo H. Thomson - Byron GA
Brian H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA

L. H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62K 2126

74488, 74489, 745022, 745519, 21611, 21614

A bicycle gear shifting system includes a gear shifting derailleur, a rotatable shift member to be rotatably carried by handlebars of the bicycle and connected to the gear shifting derailleur, and a hand attachment to be carried by a hand of a rider. The rotatable shift member and the hand attachment may each have respective mating surfaces for positively engaging one another to facilitate gear shifting by the rider and are readily releasable to permit the rider to change hand positions. More particularly, the mating surfaces may include pairs of corresponding recesses and projections. The pairs of corresponding recesses and projections may also be tapered. Furthermore, the mating surfaces may engage in superposed relation upon radial squeezing of the hand of the rider. According to another embodiment, the mating surfaces may engage in side-by-side relation upon lateral positioning of the hand of the rider.

6912928, Jul 5, 2005

Sep 8, 2000

09/658389

Loronzo H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Brian Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Mark P. McJunkin - Macon GA, US

L.H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62K021/12
F16D001/00

745511, 403344, 403373, 4033741, 4034081, 4034091

A bicycle stem includes a steering tube clamp with a pair of cooperating clamp members defining an imaginary cylinder and a recess therein for the steering tube. Each clamp member may also have at least one fastener receiving passageway therein offset a predetermined distance from an axis defined by the imaginary cylinder. The stem may include a body portion having opposing first and second ends, a handlebar clamping portion connected to the first end of the body portion, and a steering tube clamping portion connected to the second end of the body portion. The steering tube clamping portion may have a tubular shape defining a steering tube receiving passageway therethrough, and a clamp receiving passageway transverse to the steering tube receiving passageway and in communication therewith. The steering tube clamp may also include at least one fastener extending between corresponding fastener receiving passageways of the pair of clamp members for urging the clamp members together to engage the steering tube and thereby secure the bicycle stem to the steering tube. The at least one fastener may be a plurality of fasteners.

6945135, Sep 20, 2005

Sep 8, 2000

09/658509

Loronzo H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Brian Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Mark P. McJunkin - Macon GA, US

L. H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62K021/18

745511, 403344, 403373, 4033741, 4034081, 4034091

A bicycle stem may include a body portion and a handlebar clamping portion connected thereto, and a handlebar clamping member cooperating with the handlebar clamping portion to clamp the bicycle handlebar. The handlebar clamping member and the handlebar clamping portion may each have a cavity in a respective medial portion thereof to accommodate an enlarged diameter portion of the handlebar. The handlebar clamping member may have a generally rectangular shape with a recess therein defining with the cavity a pair of spaced apart contact areas for contacting the handlebar. The handlebar clamping member may also be completely removable from the handlebar clamping portion in some embodiments, to facilitate installation of the handlebar. The handlebar clamping portion may also have a recess therein defining with the cavity a pair of spaced apart contact areas for contacting the handlebar. The body portion may also have a tubular shape with a hollow interior, and the cavity of the handlebar clamping portion may have an opening therein in communication with the hollow interior of the body portion.

6964215, Nov 15, 2005

Jul 9, 2002

10/191794

Loronzo H. Thomson - Byron GA, US
Kinito S. Swader - Forsyth GA, US
Randy D. Tolbert - Macon GA, US

L. H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

G05G011/00

74813R, 74 89

A tooling fixture for rotatably positioning a plurality of workpieces includes a base and a housing carried by the base. A plurality of workpiece spindles are carried by the housing. The tooling fixture also includes a spindle drive assembly for rotatably positioning the workpiece spindles. The spindle drive assembly includes a body movable along a predetermined path of travel between first and second spaced-apart positions within the housing, and converter members for converting movement of the body along the predetermined path of travel into rotation of the workpiece spindles.

7407176, Aug 5, 2008

May 10, 2004

10/842261

Mark P. McJunkin - Atlanta GA, US
Robert J. DeRose - Macon GA, US
Brian H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Loronzo H. Thomson - Byron GA, US

L.H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62K 21/00

280279, 280280, 403289, 403290, 745511

A bicycle stem includes a handlebar clamping portion and handlebar clamping member having respective first and second clamp surfaces defining interlocking joints. Each interlocking joint may include a recess and a projection therein to resist relative sliding motion in a direction generally parallel to an axis of a handlebar-receiving passageway to thereby resist torsional loading. A plurality of fasteners may secure the handlebar clamp member to the handlebar clamping portion.

7500415, Mar 10, 2009

Apr 11, 2002

10/121027

Loronzo H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US
Brian Thomson - Warner Robins GA, US

L.H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62K 21/12
B25G 3/20
F16B 2/00
F16B 7/04

745511, 745518, 280279, 403354, 403357, 403373, 403375

An object clamp includes first and second clamp portions having recesses therein defining a generally circular cylindrical opening for receiving an object to be clamped. The first and second opposing clamp portions have at least one pair of opposing ends when in a preclamped state and at least one fastener for urging the ends towards each other when in a clamped state. At least one relief area is formed in the recesses and is deflected into engagement with the object when the object clamp is in the clamped state. The object to be clamped may be a bicycle steering tube, a bicycle handle bar, or a bicycle seat tube, for example.

56497385, Jul 22, 1997

Aug 16, 1995

8/515795

Loronzo Harold Thomson - Warner Robins GA
Daniel Rudy Nietzold - Warner Robins GA

L.H. Thomson Company, Inc. - Macon GA

B62J 100

29721515

A bicycle seat post and clamp includes a tube and a flange connected to an end thereof with the flange comprising a pair of opposing ears extending longitudinally outwardly from the tube and having an upper surface defining a laterally extending recess for receiving a lower clamp member. A lower clamp member preferably includes a lower clamp body portion having a lower surface defining a laterally extending partial cylindrical shape received in the recess of the flange, and a pair of lower rail channel defining portions connected to respective opposing longitudinally extending sides of the lower clamp body portion. Each of the lower rail channel defining portions preferably includes at least one cantilevered rail support portion extending outwardly from the lower clamp body portion. The upper clamp member preferably includes an upper clamp body portion and a pair of upper rail channel defining portions connected to respective opposite longitudinally extending sides of the upper clamp body portion. A pair of fasteners secure opposing longitudinal ends of the upper clamp body portion to corresponding ears of the flange so as to clamp the bicycle seat rails between upper and lower rail channel defining portions of the upper and lower clamp members.

D479981, Apr 13, 1999

Feb 19, 1998

D/083895

Loronzo H. Thomson - Warner Robins GA

L. H. Thomson Corporation, Inc. - Macon GA

1211

D12119