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US 5,497,967 AGranted
Bicycle repair stand
OwnerJohan Gantoisinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle repair stand, includes a fixed erectable first support part (2) with a first holder (3) which allows a bicycle (4) to be supported by its crank axle holder (5) or in the immediate vicinity of the crank axle holder (5) and hingeably connected to the first support part (2), a second support part (6) with a second holder (7) which allows the above mentioned bicycle (4) to be supported on the fork (8), whereby the angle of the second support part (6) is adjustable.
Claims17
A bicycle repair stand comprising:
- a first support part erectable from a storage position to a stable support position, said first support part having upper and lower ends and carrying a first holder at the upper end thereof that is adapted to support a bicycle at a crank axle portion thereof, said first support part including first and second support elements each of which includes a foot support member adapted to engage a support surface, said first support element being connected at a hinged connection to said second support element whereby said first and second support elements can be folded together wherein said first support part assumes said storage position and unfolded wherein said first support part assumes said support position;
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- a second support part having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said second support part being hingedly connected to the lower end of said first support part so as to be spaced below the hinged connection between the first and second support elements and below said first holder, the second end portion of said second support part carrying a second holder adapted to support a fork portion of a bicycle.
A bicycle repair stand comprising:
- a first support part erectable from a storage position to a stable support position, said first support part carrying a first holder that is adapted to support a bicycle at a crank axle portion thereof, said first support part including first and second support elements, said first support element being connected at a hinged connection to said second support element whereby said first and second support elements can be folded together wherein said first support part assumes said storage position and unfolded wherein said first support part assumes said support position;
- a second support part having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said second support part being hingedly connected to said first support part at a location spaced from the hinged connection between the first and second support elements and below said first holder, the second end portion of said second support part carrying a second holder adapted to support a fork portion of a bicycle;
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- means for locking said first support part in said support position, said locking means including a connecting element that is hingedly attached at one end thereof to one of said first and second support elements and means for releasably coupling another end of said connecting element to the other of said first and second support elements.
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