Bicycle Rack with Actuated Arm
AssigneeKuat Innovations LLC
InventorsLuke Kuschmeader, Aaron Houston, Austin Harrill, Jordan Bowles, Jonathan Graif
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Abstract
A bicycle rack is described with an actuated arm that pivots to an open position in response to user activation of an actuator. The actuator is attached to the rack and the arm and exerts a force on the arm by extension to pivot the actuated arm to the open position. The actuator extends only when a release mechanism has been actuated by a user, but a user may pivot the actuated arm back to a closed position, or a position securing a bicycle, without actuating the release. The actuated arm will then be retained at a position selected by the user until the release is actuated by the user again.
Claims1
An equipment rack for a bicycle, comprising:
- a platform for receiving a tire of a bicycle;
- a tire arm pivotally attached to the platform for securing a tire of a bicycle on the platform;
- an actuator connected to the platform;
- a linkage arm pivotally attached at a first end thereof to the actuator, and pivotally attached at a second end thereof to the tire arm;
- a latch mechanism coupled to the actuator;
- wherein when the latch mechanism is disengaged the actuator translates the first end of the linkage arm to pivot the tire arm to an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.