Bicycle securing apparatus
AssigneePPT Technologies, LLC
InventorsClark Foster, Frederick Lomax
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Abstract
A bike securing apparatus (100) having a vertical member (1), a first engagement member (2), that coupled to the vertical member (1) and comprises a means for attaching to a bicycle pedal (63); and an anti-rotation member (3), that coupled to the vertical member (1) or the first engagement member (2), and has a means for attaching to a bicycle (6). The first engagement member (2) is configured to attach to the bicycle pedal (63) and limit movement of the bicycle pedal (63), and the anti-rotation member (3) is configured to attach to the bicycle (6) at a location other than said bicycle pedal (63) and limit rotation of a said bicycle (6) about the first engagement member (2).
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a vertical member;
- a first engagement member, coupled to the vertical member, configured to secure a bicycle pedal;
- and
- an anti-rotation member, coupled to the vertical member or the first engagement member, configured to attach to a bicycle at a location other than said bicycle pedal;
- wherein the first engagement member is configured to limit movement of said bicycle pedal, and the anti-rotation member is configured to limit rotation of a said bicycle about the first engagement member;
- wherein the first engagement member comprises an inner engagement member;
- and the inner engagement member comprises at least one inner engagement projection and a pedal platform;
- wherein the pedal platform defines one or more pedal platform holes, and each inner engagement projection is configured to be inserted inside at least one of the one or more pedal platform holes, and wherein the pedal platform defines a notch.
An apparatus comprising:
- a vertical member;
- a first engagement member, coupled to the vertical member, configured to secure a bicycle pedal;
- and
- an anti-rotation member, coupled to the vertical member or the first engagement member, configured to attach to a bicycle at a location other than said bicycle pedal;
- wherein the first engagement member is configured to limit movement of said bicycle pedal, and the anti-rotation member is configured to limit rotation of said bicycle about the first engagement member;
- further comprising a base coupled to the vertical member;
- wherein a position selector couples the base to the vertical member, and the position selector is configured to allow the vertical member to move relative to the base;
- wherein the vertical member comprises a selector, and the selector is configured to interact with the position selector to allow a user to selectively determine a position of the vertical member relative to the base;
- wherein the position selector defines a first securing position and a second securing position in which the selector is configured to selectively engage, and wherein when the selector is in the first securing position the base and the vertical member are substantially parallel, and when the selector is in the second securing position, the base and the vertical member are substantially perpendicular.
An apparatus comprising:
- a vertical member;
- a first engagement member, coupled to the vertical member, configured to secure a bicycle pedal;
- and
- an anti-rotation member, coupled to the vertical member or the first engagement member, configured to attach to a bicycle at a location other than said bicycle pedal;
- wherein the first engagement member is configured to limit movement of said bicycle pedal, and the anti-rotation member is configured to limit rotation of a said bicycle about the first engagement member;
- further comprising a base coupled to the vertical member;
- wherein a position selector couples the base to the vertical member, and the position selector is configured to allow the vertical member to move relative to the base;
- wherein the base comprises a base body and a base restraining element, and the base restraining element comprises a means to selectively limit movement of the base when at least a portion of the base is located in a hitch receiver, and wherein the means to selectively limit movement of the base comprises a restraining element actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.