Knock-down carrier for athletic equipment or the like
OwnerAlan L. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A knock-down collapsible carrier for storing and transporting athletic equipment such as a bicycle or the like. The carrier comprises a hollow housing unit, shaped and dimensioned in a tri-dimensional box-like structure, adopted to contain a partially dismantled bicycle. The housing unit includes a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, and a top member, each of which comprises a pair of light-weight layers of flexible composition, for removably housing a plurality of resilient rigidifying inserts. The carrier further comprises a plurality of strap bands for retaining the bicycle inside the housing unit, leaving a clearance space therebetween.
Claims17
A knock-down collapsible carrier for storing and transporting athletic equipment, such as a bicycle having a seat, handlebars and a pair of wheels, comprising:
- A hollow housing unit, being shaped and dimensioned in a tri-dimensional box-like structure, adapted to contain the partially dismantled bicycle;
- means for retaining the dismantled bicycle inside said housing unit, leaving a clearance space therebetween;
- means for releasably closing housing unit;
- said housing unit including a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, and a top member, each of which having a pair of substantially similar, light-weight superposed layers, of flexible pliable composition and removably housing rigidifying means;
- said housing unit further comprising a rigidified, generally light-weight bottom member;
- said bottom member being wider than the bicycle to be stored within said housing unit;
- said means for retaining including bicycle seat retaining means fixed to the inside of said bottom member for securing the bicycle seat in engagement with a central portion of the inside surface of said bottom member;
- said means for retaining further including resilient pad means mounted on said central portion of the inside surface of said bottom member spaced a predetermined distance from said seat retaining means for supporting from below the bicycle handlebars;
- means for securing the bicycle wheels to at least one of said walls;
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- whereby the bicycle is supported within said housing unit in an inverted manner with only its wheels being disassembled.
A knock-down collapsible carrier for storing and transporting athletic equipment, such as a bicycle, comprising:
- a hollow housing unit, being shaped and dimensioned in a tri-dimensional box-like structure, adapted to contain the partially dismantled bicycle;
- means for retaining the dismantled bicycle inside said housing unit, leaving a clearance space therebetween;
- means for releasably closing said housing unit;
- said housing unit including a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, and a top member, each of which having a pair of substantially similar, light-weight superposed layers, of flexible pliable composition and removably housing rigidifying means;
- said housing unit further comprising a rigidified, generally light-weight bottom member;
- wherein said retention means comprises a plurality of strap bands;
- wherein said rigidifying means comprises a plurality of flat panels of a rigid, resilient composition;
- wherein said front wall comprises a plurality of compartments for removably housing an equal number of rigidifying panels;
- wherein said rear wall comprises a plurality of compartments for removably housing an equal number of rigidifying panels;
- wherein said top member comprises a plurality of compartments for removably housing an equal number of rigidifying panels;
- wherein each of said side walls comprises at least one compartment for removably housing an equal number of rigidifying panels;
- said front walls comprising three compartments;
- said rear wall comprising three compartments of generally equal dimensions to those of said front walls;
- said top member comprising two compartments of different dimensions than those of said front walls;
- said compartments of said side walls have different dimensions than those of said front walls for easier identification and quicker assembly of said housing unit;
- wherein each of said compartments fully house one rigidifying panel;
- wherein each of said compartments comprises a closure means for preventing slippage of said rigidifying panels;
- said front walls comprising two generally similar rectangular flat panels, and a generally trapezoidally shaped flat panel;
- each of said top member, and side walls comprises at least a generally rectangularly shaped flat rigidifying panel;
- one of said strap bands is secured to said bottom member;
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- wherein said housing unit further comprises a shock absorbent pad, being adjustably secured along said strap band of said bottom member, for supporting the handlebars of the bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.