# US 11,897,434 B2 · Vehicle-mounted bicycle stand > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,434 B2 - Document ID: US11897434B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/730,160 - Filed: 2022-04-26 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-27 - Assignees: Ningbo Together Trading Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ningbo Together Trading Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Huike Tian; Kejin Xia - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897434B2 ## CPC - B60R 9/10: for cycles - B60R 9/06: at vehicle front or rear {(rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041)} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The disclosure provides a vehicle-mounted bicycle stand, including a mounting seat, a support rod, a bracket and a locking and fixing mechanism, wherein the mounting seat is connected with a square-opening base at a rear end of a vehicle, and a connecting part is arranged at an end of the mounting seat; the support rod is fixed on the mounting seat; the bracket is rotationally mounted at an upper end of the support rod and is configured to place a bicycle; and the locking and fixing mechanism is mounted between the support rod and the bracket and is configured to lock and fix the bracket in a rearward unfolded state or a downward folded state. The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand of the disclosure is compact in structure, convenient and labor-saving in mounting and dismounting, high in overall structural strength, and good in reliability. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle-mounted bicycle stand, comprising: a mounting seat (1) connected with a square-opening base at a rear end of a vehicle, wherein a connecting part is arranged at an end of the mounting seat (1); a support rod fixed on the mounting seat (1); a bracket (5) rotationally mounted at an upper end of the support rod and configured to place a bicycle; and a locking and fixing mechanism mounted between the support rod and the bracket (5) and configured to lock and fix the bracket (5) in a rearward unfolded state or a downward folded state; wherein the locking and fixing mechanism comprises a main shaft, a shift block (42) and a slide block (44); the main shaft is rotationally mounted at the upper end of the support rod, the main shaft is rigidly connected with a limiting plate (43), two ends of the main shaft are bent to the same side to form the bracket (5), and an end of the limiting plate (43) is provided with a clamping slot (430) with an opening facing away from the main shaft; the shift block (42) is rotationally mounted on a top of the support rod, the shift block (42) is connected with the slide block (44) in vertical slide fit with a lower end of the main shaft, and the slide block (44) can be driven to slide up and down through the rotation of the shift block (42); when the limiting plate (43) is rotated to a lower limit position, a clamping block (441) arranged on the slide block (44) can be clamped in the clamping slot (430) to realize the locking of the bracket in an unfolded state; and the locking and fixing mechanism is provided with a first elastic component for enabling the shift block (42) to have a trend of rotating rearward and driving the slide block (44) to move upward, or enabling the slide block (44) to have a trend of moving upward and driving the shift block (42) to rotate rearward. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein the connecting part comprises an insertion rod (11), a support block (13) and a screw rod (15); the insertion rod (11) is arranged horizontally forward and can be inserted into the square-opening base at the rear end of the vehicle, a support plate (12) is fixed on a side wall of an end of the insertion rod (11), the support block (13) is located at the end of the insertion rod (11), a contact surface between the support block (13) and the end of the insertion rod (11) is an inclined surface, screw holes for allowing the screw rod (15) to pass through are penetrated in the support block (13), a head of the screw rod (15) passes through the insertion rod (11) forward and extends to the outside of the mounting seat (1), and a tightening part (16) is fixed at an end of the screw rod; and when the tightening part (16) is rotated, the screw rod (15) can be driven to rotate, and the support block (13) can move forward and away from the support plate (12), so that the connecting part is tensioned and fixed in the square-opening base. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of the support plate (12) is L-shaped, and an intersecting line of the inclined surface and a side wall of the support plate (12) is inclined to a length direction of the support plate (12). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 3, wherein included angles between intersecting lines of the inclined surface and two side walls of the support plate (12) and the length direction of the support plate are the same. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 2, wherein a tail of the screw rod (15) is provided with a limiting protrusion (151) for preventing the support block (13) from being detached. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein a rotation axis of the shift block (42) is parallel to a rotation axis of the main shaft, clamping hooks (424) are arranged at a rear end of the shift block (42), the first elastic component enables the clamping hooks (424) to have a trend of moving downward, and limiting bosses (432) are arranged on side walls of the limiting plate (43); and when the bracket (5) is rotated to a folded state, the limiting plate (43) is rotated to a rear limit position, and the limiting bosses (432) are hooked by the clamping hooks to realize the locking of the main shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 6, wherein an end of the limiting plate (43) is provided with an inclined guide surface (431) configured to be in contact with the clamping block (441) and push the slide block to move down. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein the locking and fixing mechanism further comprises a fixing seat (41) fixed at the upper end of the hollow support rod, the shift block (42) is rotationally mounted on a top of the fixing seat (41), a front end of the shift block (42) is provided with connecting lugs (421), the connecting lugs (421) are hinged with a connecting holder (45), and the connecting holder (45) passes through the fixing seat (41) downward and then is hinged with the slide block (44). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein a support seat (21) is fixed at a bottom of the support rod, the support seat (21) is rotationally mounted on a connecting rod (14) on the mounting seat (1), a rotation direction of the support seat (21) faces an unfolded direction of the bracket (5), the support seat (21) is elastically connected with a clamping pin (231) and a second elastic component for enabling the clamping pin (231) to have a trend of moving towards the connecting rod (14), and the connecting rod (14) is provided with a pin hole (141) for insertion of the support rod when the support rod is rotated to a vertical state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 9, wherein the clamping pin (231) is mounted on a top of the support seat (21), a sliding direction of the clamping pin is parallel to a length direction of the support rod, and a top of the clamping pin (231) is provided with a pull block (23) for shifting the clamping pin to move upward to enable the clamping pin to be detached from the pin hole (141) formed in a top of the connecting rod (14). ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 9, wherein a limiting component for limiting a rearward rotation angle of the support rod is arranged between the connecting rod (14) and the support seat (21) or the support rod. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 11, wherein a top plate is fixed on the top of the connecting rod (14), the pin hole (141) is formed in the top plate, one end of the top plate extends rearward and forms a first limiting part (142), and the support rod or the support seat (21) is provided with a limiting slot (200) for allowing the first limiting part to be inserted and limiting a rotation angle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 9, wherein the rotation angle of the support rod is greater than or equal to 10 degrees and less than or equal to degrees. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein the length of the support rod is adjustable, the support rod comprises a lower support rod (2) and an upper support rod (3), and the upper support rod is sleeved on the lower support rod (2) and fixed through a locking bolt. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 1, wherein a cross section of the support rod is rectangular. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The vehicle-mounted bicycle stand according to claim 8, wherein the connecting holder (45) is of a frame-shaped holder structure formed by bending steel wires.