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US 10,843,752 B2Granted
Integrated bicycle rack and lock station
AssigneeDavid Lee Sawhill
InventorsDavid Lee Sawhill, Lucas Taylor
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Abstract
An integrated rack and lock station for a bicycle includes a front wheel well adapted to receive and enclose at least a portion of the front wheel of the bicycle and a lock bar assembly which can be extended from within the wheel well and lock the rear wheel and frame of the bicycle to the station.
Claims15
An integrated rack and lock station for a bicycle, the station comprising:
- a front wheel well having an interior and adapted to receive and enclose at least a portion of the front wheel of the bicycle,
- a lock bar assembly moveably attached to the front wheel well, the lock bar assembly moveable from a first position to a second position, the lock bar assembly extending substantially within the front wheel well in the first position, and substantially over the bicycle in the second position;
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- means for securing the bicycle to the lock bar assembly;
- wherein the lock bar assembly includes a pair of generally parallel arms;
- wherein each of the arms having a first end and a second end, the second end of each of the arms protruding from the front wheel well member when the lock bar assembly is in the second position;
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- wherein the lock bar assembly further includes a latch, the latch being moveable from a first unlatched position to at least one second latched position, the latch extending from the second end of one of the arms, the latch being extendable through the rear wheel of the bicycle when the lock bar assembly is in the second position.
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