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(54) BRAKE AND SHIFT LEVER (60) Provisional application No. 61/527,980, filed on Aug. ASSEMBLY 26, 2011. (71) Applicant: Retro Shift LLC, Portland, OR (US) Publication Classification (72) Inventor: Adam John CLEMENT, Portland, OR (51) Int. C. (US) B62M 25/04 (2006.01) G05G 3/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. C. (73) Assignee: RETRO SHIFT LLC, Portland, OR CPC ...... B62M 25/04 (2013.01); G05G 13/00 (US) (2013.01) USPC ...... 74/473.14 (21) Appl. No.: 14/051,422 (57) ABSTRACT (22) Filed: Oct. 10, 2013 A shift and brake lever assembly including a brake lever having a first Surface facing a handlebar and a second Surface facing away from a handlebar. A shift lever may be mounted Related U.S. Application Data to the second Surface of the brake lever using mounting com (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 13/481,578, ponents. Complementary apertures of the various mounting filed on May 25, 2012. components may lie on a common longitudinal axis.

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BICYCLE BRAKE AND SHIFT LEVER BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS ASSEMBLY 0007 FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of an exemplary right-side control device, according to aspects of the present CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED teachings. APPLICATIONS 0008 FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the control device of FIG. 1. 0001. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. 0009 FIG. 3 is an exploded side elevational view of patent application Ser. No. 13/481,578, filed May 25, 2012, another exemplary control device according to aspects of the which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application present teachings. Ser. No. 61/527,980, filed Aug. 26, 2011, which are hereby 0010 FIG. 4 is an exploded isometric view of the control incorporated by reference. device of FIG. 3. 0011 FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another exem INTRODUCTION plary right-side control device mounted to a bicycle handle bar, according to aspects of the present teachings. 0002 with multiple gears gears typically allow a 0012 FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing exemplary rider to change gears using front and rear , which right-side and left-side control devices mounted to a bicycle are moved laterally to shift a from one front handlebar, according to aspects of the present teachings. chainring to another and from one rear cog to another, respec 0013 FIGS. 7-11 are front views showing an exemplary tively. Each is generally moved by applying tension right-side control device being moved from one position to to an associated derailleur cable through some action of the another position, according to aspects of the present teach rider, such as movement of a shift lever. 1ngS. 0003. Early bicycle shifting systems, sometimes called 0014 FIG. 12 is a top elevational view showing an exem “friction systems.”used shift levers that relied on precise rider plary mounting bracket that