Hey Dennis,

Why don't you give BVM a call. I'm quite certain Bob will make everything perfectly clear regarding the extent of his patent coverage. Who knows, maybe you could buy the brakes from BVM, have them anodized a pretty red color and then try to convince some newcomer that You designed them. Sales would blossom because you OBVIOUSLY improved the design greatly............Uh...but then you would have to actually ship the parts...Oh well, NEVER MIND

John