Locking bicycle stand
AssigneeCapitol Development, LLC
InventorsRobert Steinman, Simon Turgeon
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Abstract
A stand for securely parking a wheeled vehicle, particularly a bicycle, motorcycle, motor scooter or the like, is itself provided with a locking mechanism for locking the vehicle relative to the stand. This conveniently obviates the need for a vehicle owner to carry his own locking devices and related equipment, such as chains and cables, all of which can be cumbersome and heavy. The stand uses cable-actuated latch mechanisms to either provide the locking functionality directly or as a mechanism for securely retaining a cable or chain provided as part of the stand in a locking state.
Claims17
A stand for securely parking a wheeled vehicle, comprising:
- a frame within which at least a part of at least one wheel of the wheeled vehicle is received;
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- a locking mechanism provided in the frame for retaining the wheeled vehicle relative to the frame and comprising:
- at least one latch mechanism provided with a corresponding selectively extensible latch member for operably retaining the wheeled vehicle relative to the frame, and
- an actuation mechanism for selectively controlling the retraction of the latch member (508) of each at least one latch mechanism.
- wherein the at least one latch mechanism can be selectively locked in a state such that the wheeled vehicle is lockingly retained relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.