Apparatus for storing two wheeled vehicles
AssigneeHawk Nz Limited
InventorsJames Doughty, James McNab
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Abstract
An apparatus for storing a two wheeled vehicle (e.g. a bicycle, electric bicycle or motorcycle etc) having: a housing adapted to receive a two wheeled vehicle and having a door connected to it at one end which is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration; at least one base support for a two wheeled vehicle; and at least one wheel securing means; the apparatus adapted such that when in use a user is able to open the door and push a two wheeled vehicle into the housing such that the base support receives, guides and engages parts of the wheels of the vehicle and the wheel securing means engages and secures part of a wheel with the result that the vehicle is securely held upright during storage in the apparatus.
Claims14
An apparatus for storing a two wheeled vehicle having:
- a housing adapted to receive a two wheeled vehicle and having a door connected to it at one end which is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein the housing consists of a top panel, side wall panels and an end wall panel and wherein the panels and the door both have a structural core with sandwich type construction and wherein the core is covered on both sides with a protective skin;
- at least one base support for a two wheeled vehicle and wherein the base support is removable with respect to the housing;
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- at least one wheel securing means wherein the wheel securing means is located against a back inner wall of the housing and is removable with respect to the housing;
- the apparatus adapted such that when in use a user is able to open the door and push a two wheeled vehicle into the housing such that the base support receives, guides and engages parts of the wheels of the vehicle and the wheel securing means engages and secures part of a wheel with the result that the vehicle is securely held upright during storage in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.