Bicycle carrier
AssigneeYakima Products, Inc.
InventorsGregory A. Dean, Scott R. Allen
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Abstract
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle. The rack includes forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle and a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle. A wheel mount is attached to a first one of the crossbars. The wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.
Claims29
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle, the rack comprising:
- forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle;
- a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle surface;
- and
- a wheel mount attached to a first one of the crossbars, where the wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.
A fork block for securing the forks of a bicycle, comprising:
- a body;
- an elongate skewer mounted to the body;
- a cam follower slidably mounted on the skewer;
- and
- a cam lever pivotally mounted on the skewer adjacent the cam follower and operable upon rotation to reciprocally shift the cam follower on the skewer, where the cam lever further carries a lock to selectively secure the cam lever to the cam follower.
A fork block for securing the forks of a bicycle, comprising:
- a skewer
- a body configured to be mounted to a vehicle and hold the skewer in a fixed position relative to the vehicle, where the body includes at least one fastener to selectively secure the body to the vehicle;
- and
- a security cover configured to prevent removal of the fastener and held to the body by the skewer.
A fork block for securing a bicycle fork to a rack comprising
- a body and a fastening device for securing the body to a cross bar,
- an elongate skewer mounted to the body,
- a cam lever connected to an end of the skewer, the lever being movable between a tightened position and an untightened position for clamping and unclamping a bike fork,
- a lock device that selectively secures the cam lever in a tightened position and that secures a cover over the fastening device.
A fork block for securing a bicycle fork to a rack comprising
- a body and a fastening device for securing the body to a cross bar,
- an elongate skewer mounted to the body, the skewer having a flattened end portion,
- a cam follower having a non-circular hole for receiving the end portion of the skewer, the cam follower also having extension members, and
- a cam lever connected to an end of the skewer, the cam lever having a lock device for engaging extension members when the cam lever is in a clamping position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.