Bicycle rack
OwnerHubert L. Traughinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle rack particularly adapted for use in combination with an externally mounted spare tire on a vehicle, such as a recreational, motor home, or van type vehicle, the rack incorporating means for releasably mounting the rack on the spare tire without requiring the use of tools and means for releasably supporting one or more bicycles on the rack with the bicycles in a fully assembled condition.
Claims22
A bicycle rack particularly adapted for use with an exteriorly mounted spare tire on an automotive vehicle, said rack comprising, in combination, a horizontally disposed support section and a vertically disposed base section, means connecting said support section and said base section together, said support section being of generally U-shaped configuration and including a pair of laterally spaced, horizontally extending arms and a transverse portion extending between said arms in vertically spaced relationship with respect thereto, said base section including a horizontally extending member disposed in horizontally spaced relationship with respect to said transverse portion of said support section whereby a portion of a tire may be received therebetween, said base section also including a pair of oppositely angularly disposed members each having one end portion thereof connected to said support section.
A bicycle rack particularly adapted for use with an exteriorly mounted spare tire on an automotive vehicle, said bicycle rack comprising, in combination, a horizontally disposed support section and a vertically disposed base section, means connecting said support section and said base section together, said support section being of generally U-shaped configuration and including a pair of laterally spaced, horizontally extending, substantially parallel arms and a transverse portion extending between said arms in vertically spaced relationship with respect thereto, said transverse portion being integrally joined to said arms by integral segments, said base section including a horizontally extending member disposed in horizontally and vertically spaced relationship with respect to said transverse portion of said support section whereby said support section and said base section define an opening spaced from the free ends of said arms and adapted to receive a portion of a tire, said base section also including a pair of oppositely angularly disposed members each having one end portion thereof connected to said support section.
In combination with an exteriorly mounted spare tire on an automotive vehicle, a bicycle rack including a horizontally disposed support section and a vertically disposed base section, means connecting said support section and said base section together, said support section being of generally U-shaped configuration and including a pair of laterally spaced, horizontally extending, substantially parallel arms and a transverse portion extending between said arms in vertically spaced relationship with respect thereto, said transverse portion being joined to said arms by integral segments, said base section including a horizontally extending member disposed in horizontally and vertically spaced relationship with respect to said transverse portion of said support section whereby said support section and said base section define an opening spaced from the free ends of said arms and adapted to receive a portion of said spare tire, said base section also including a pair of oppositely angularly disposed members each having one end portion thereof connected to said support section.
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