Cycle surfboard carrier
AssigneeKalmson Pty, Limited
InventorJohn E. Gibson
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Abstract
A carrier to transport a surfboard of similarly shaped article on a bicycle. The carrier has a pair of elongate members hingedly joined to each other and crossing each other at a location along their lengths. One member has a first end attachable immediately beneath a seat of the bicyle. The other member has a second end attachable on an axle of the bicycle. The members have padded substantially V-shaped portions formed to receive an edge of a surfboard. The members each have another end to support resilient members for engaging around the surfboard when fitted on the carrier to hold the surfboard firmly in position in the padded portions so that the surfboard projects forwardly and upwardly relative to the bicycle and clear of a head of a rider when the rider is riding the bicycle.
Claims7
A carrier to transport a surfboard or similarly shaped article on a bicycle, comprising;
- a pair of elongated members hingedly joined to each other and crossing each other at a location along their lengths, one of said members having an end attachable immediately beneath a seat of the bicycle and the other of said members having an end attachable to an axle of a rear wheel of the bicycle so that the members when so attached to the bicycle project rearwardly therefrom, each of said elongated members having a free end spaced distal from said location;
- and padded substantially V-shaped portions formed on said free ends so as to receive an edge of a surfboard, each of said free ends being formed to support resilient means for engaging around the surfboard when fitted on the carrier to hold the surfboard firmly in position in said padded portions, said V-shaped portions being arranged relative to each other so that when said elongated members are attached to the bicycle, the surfboard project forwardly and upwardly relative to the bicycle and an upper end of the surfboard extends clear of a head of a rider when the rider is riding the bicycle.
A carrier for transporting a surfboard or similarly shaped article on a bicycle, comprising:
- a first elongated member being attachable to an axle of a rear wheel of the bicycle;
- a second elongated member being attachable immediately beneath a seat of the bicycle, said elongated members crossing each other at a location;
- means for hingedly joining said elongated members to each other at said location, each of said elongated members having free end portions extending outward away from said hingedly joining means, said free end portions of each of said elongated members diverging apart from each other so as to form substantially V-shaped formations;
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- means for cushioning the surfboard between said V-shaped formations, said cushioning means including padding on all of said free end portions, said free end portions being formed to support means for resiliently engaging around the surfboard to retain the surfboard against said padding, said V-shaped formations being arranged relative to each other so that when the surfboard is in position between said V-shaped formations, the surfboard projects forwardly and upwardly relative to the bicycle and an upper end of the surfboard projects clear of a head of a rider when the rider is riding the bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.