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US 2012/0234883 A1Published application
Rear-mounted bicycle carrier
AssigneeYakima Products, Inc.
InventorsChris Sautter, James Owen, Richard Jeli
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Abstract
A versatile rack for carrying one or more bicycles on the rear of a vehicle includes two or more frame structures connected and coordinated through a pair of hubs. One of the frame structures has a pair of parallel arms equipped with saddle mounts and stabilizers for supporting and securing one or more bicycles.
Claims22
A rack for carrying a bicycle comprising
- a rigid frame structure including an upper straight segment configured for contacting an upper rear region of a vehicle, a lower straight segment configured for contacting a lower rear region of a vehicle, a pair of arms extending in parallel and equipped for supporting and securing a bicycle frame, wherein at least a portion of the frame structure has a track shape characterized by a core axis, a cross section perpendicular to the core axis, the cross section having a pair of opposing planar walls, a pair of opposing curved walls, and an elongate axis equidistant from and parallel to the planar walls and perpendicular to the central axis of the frame structure.
A rack for carrying a bicycle comprising
- a rigid frame structure including an upper straight segment configured for contacting an upper rear region of a vehicle, a lower straight segment configured for contacting a lower rear region of a vehicle, and a pair of arms extending in parallel and equipped for supporting and securing a bicycle frame, wherein at least one of the upper and lower straight segments spans from a first lateral tube portion to a second lateral tube portion, the one straight segment being connected to each lateral tube portion via an elbow piece creating a perpendicular orientation between the one straight segment and the respective lateral tube portions.
A rack for carrying a bicycle comprising
- a rigid frame structure including an upper straight segment configured for contacting an upper rear region of a vehicle, a lower straight segment configured for contacting a lower rear region of a vehicle, and a pair of arms extending in parallel and equipped for supporting and securing a bicycle frame, wherein at least one of the upper and lower straight segments spans from a first lateral tube portion to a second lateral tube portion, the one straight segment including a tube having a track shape characterized by a core axis, a cross section perpendicular to the core axis, the cross section having a pair of opposing planar walls, a pair of opposing curved walls, and an elongate axis equidistant from and parallel to the planar walls and perpendicular to the central axis of the frame structure.
A rack for carrying a bicycle comprising
- a rigid frame structure including an upper straight segment configured for contacting an upper rear region of a vehicle, a lower straight segment configured for contacting a lower rear region of a vehicle, and a pair of arms extending in parallel and equipped for supporting and securing a bicycle frame, wherein at least one of the upper and lower straight segments has a foam pad spanning continuously from a first lateral tube portion to a second lateral tube portion.
A rack for carrying a bicycle comprising
- a rigid frame structure including an upper straight segment configured for contacting an upper rear region of a vehicle, a lower straight segment configured for contacting a lower rear region of a vehicle, a pair of arms extending in parallel and equipped for supporting and securing a bicycle frame, each of the arms having a track shape characterized by a core axis, a cross section perpendicular to the core axis, the cross section having a pair of opposing planar walls, a pair of opposing curved walls, and an elongate axis equidistant from and parallel to the planar walls and perpendicular to the central axis of the frame structure, wherein the arms have upper surfaces that lie in the same plane, the elongate axis being perpendicular to the plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.