| 摘要 |
An apparatus (100) for inflating inflatable articles, such as bicycle tire inner tubes, and for securing mobile articles, such as bicycles, to other objects. Two lengths of cable (102, 104) are kept within a housing (100) until needed to secure the article to an object. The cables are held in a substantially side-by-side relationship when the cables are within the housing. When needed, the lengths of cable are withdrawn from the housing, passed through the frame of the article (T), around the object and the two ends of the cables are locked together by way of, for example, a cylindrical combination lock (105). Relatively large diameter and stiff cables can be used. The invention can also include a pump valve (106) at the end of the lengths of cable which remain within the housing. As the cables are moved into and out of the housing the pump valve acts to force air out of the housing through a pump nozzle (108) located at one end or the opposite end of the housing. |
