Bicycle carrier
AssigneeYakima Products, Inc.
InventorGregory A. Dean
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Abstract
A sports equipment carrier for a vehicle including a rack structure adapted to be mounted to a vehicle and an equipment securing portion. The equipment securing portion includes a clamping mechanism and an adjustment member, where the clamping mechanism includes a housing and is operable between open and closed configurations. Operation of the clamping mechanism shifts the adjustment member into and at least partially out of the housing so that the adjustment member is accessible to a user in the open configuration and inaccessible to a user in the closed configuration.
Claims10
A rack for carrying a bicycle on the top of a car comprising
- a pair of crossbars,
- tower mechanisms configured to secure the crossbars to the top of a car,
- a fork block attached to one of the crossbars,
- a wheel tray attached to the other crossbar, and
- a connector portion linking the fork block to the wheel tray, the connector portion being configured to accommodate disc brake components.
A rack for carrying a bicycle on the top of a car comprising
- a pair of crossbars,
- tower mechanisms configured to secure the crossbars to the top of a car,
- a fork block attached to a first crossbar,
- a wheel tray attached to a second crossbar, wherein the wheel tray stop short of the fork block and first crossbar to make space for disc brake components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.