Locking assembly for a bicycle rack assembly, locking system, bicycle rack assembly, key device, and method of unlocking

A combination of a locking assembly for a bicycle rack assembly which comprises a rack-side unit and a base which is mountable to the rack-side unit,

• the locking assembly comprising a movable member configured to be retained by the base, the movable member comprising a base-side lock structure which is engageable with a rack-side lock structure of the rack-side unit for locking the base to the rack-side unit,
• wherein the movable member comprises an insertion recess configured for at least partly receiving a corresponding key device therein in an insertion direction for disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure,
• wherein the locking assembly is provided with a security mechanism configured to inhibit disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure otherwise than by use of the corresponding key device and the base, wherein the movable member is retained by the base,
• wherein the security mechanism comprises at least one blocking element which at least partly extends within the insertion recess so as to be movable between a blocking position and a releasing position by the key device when inserted into the insertion recess,
• wherein the base comprises at least one blocking structure which is configured to be engaged by the at least one blocking element in the blocking position for blocking the disengaging movement of the movable member with respect to the base.

A locking system for a bicycle rack assembly which comprises a rack-side unit and a base which is mountable to the rack-side unit, the locking system comprising:

• a locking assembly, the locking assembly comprising a movable member configured to be retained by the base, the movable member comprising a base-side lock structure which is engageable with a rack-side lock structure of the rack-side unit for locking the base to the rack-side unit,
• wherein the movable member comprises an insertion recess configured for at least partly receiving a corresponding key device therein in an insertion direction for disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure,
• wherein the locking assembly is provided with a security mechanism configured to inhibit disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure otherwise than by use of the corresponding key device,
• wherein the locking system further comprises the corresponding key device,
• wherein the security mechanism comprises at least one blocking element which is resiliently suspended into the insertion recess from a main body of the movable member so as to be movable between a blocking position and a releasing position by the key device when inserted into the insertion recess,
• wherein in the blocking position the at least one blocking element is configured to block a disengaging movement of the movable member with respect to the base associated with disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure,
• wherein in the releasing position the at least one blocking element is configured to allow said disengaging movement, and
• wherein the blocking element is configured to convert an actuation by the key device in the insertion direction to a movement of the blocking element from the blocking position to the releasing position.

A bicycle rack assembly comprising a rack-side unit, a base which is mountable to the rack-side unit, and a locking assembly, the locking assembly comprising a movable member configured to be retained by the base, the movable member comprising a base-side lock structure which is engageable with a rack-side lock structure of the rack-side unit for locking the base to the rack-side unit,

• wherein the movable member comprises an insertion recess configured for at least partly receiving a corresponding key device therein in an insertion direction for disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure,
• wherein the locking assembly is provided with a security mechanism configured to inhibit disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure otherwise than by use of the corresponding key device,
• wherein the bicycle rack assembly comprises the corresponding key device,
• wherein the security mechanism comprises at least one blocking element which is resiliently suspended into the insertion recess from a main body of the movable member so as to be movable between a blocking position and a releasing position by the key device when inserted into the insertion recess,
• wherein in the blocking position the at least one blocking element is configured to block a disengaging movement of the movable member with respect to the base associated with disengagement of the base-side lock structure from the rack-side lock structure,
• wherein in the releasing position the at least one blocking element is configured to allow said disengaging movement, and
• wherein the blocking element is configured to convert an actuation by the key device in the insertion direction to a movement of the blocking element from the blocking position to the releasing position.