Bicycle stand

A bicycle stand, comprising a three-dimensional main body having length, width and height to provide a flat top, a flat bottom parallel to said top and oppositely-disposed flat sides and ends between said top and bottom, said sides and ends defining the periphery of said body, said body being adapted to be used either above ground level or buried below ground level and formed with a slot opening at least at said top, said slot being of a length, width and depth to receive a bicycle wheel in a manner to support the bicycle in its upright position, the lengths of said body and said slot being aligned, at right angles to said width of said body, said body being formed with means to (a) reduce the amount of material required to form the same, without decreasing the horizontal stability thereof, (b) improve anchoring of said body when buried and (c) reduce as a hazard certain upper edges and corners of said body on which leg injury to the user could occur when said stand is used above ground level and the user's foot is positioned closely adjacent certain pheripheral portions of said body, at or near said bottom periphery, said means comprising at least one of said ends and sides above said bottom periphery being formed so as to be disposed substantially inwardly from said bottom periphery, so that, in the top plan view of said body, not only does no portion of said ends and sides of said body lie outside said bottom periphery, but also said ends and sides lie entirely within said bottom periphery of said body, said body comprising a pair of substantially identical elongated body halves fixedly secured in aligned, spaced relation so as to provide said bicycle wheel-receiving slot therebetween extending along said length of said body, each of said body halves being formed with a passage extending transversely therethrough adjacent each end thereof and said stand further comprising a spacer with a passage therethrough disposed between said halves at said ends thereof adjacent and aligned with said passages in said body halves and a connecting member extending through each of said aligned passages and spacers, the distance between said spacers being less than the diameter of the bicycle wheel, whereby the bicycle wheel can be supported vertically by said spacers, between said body halves.