Self-locking bicycle carrier
AssigneeDanik Industries Ltd.
InventorsJames C. Morris, Lopin Waug, Donald E. Schlenker
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Abstract
A carrier comprised of a holding member and an article support member. The holding member includes a tubing with a plurality of grooves lengthwise down the tubing. The article support member is coupled to the holding member. The article support member includes a tray and a collar. The collar engages and interlocks with orientation grooves associated with the holding member. The collar enables the tray to be rotatably adjusted with a slope in accordance with a selected angular orientation of the plurality of angular orientations without the presence of an article in the tray.
Claims19
A carrier comprising:
- a holding member including a tubing with a plurality of orientation grooves;
- and
- an article support member coupled to the holding member, the article support member including
- a tray,
- a collar fixedly coupled to the tray, a portion of the collar is generally complementary to and engages with a first orientation groove of the plurality of grooves associated with the holding member to prevent unwanted rotation of the tray, and
- a fastening member protruding through the tray to engage a second orientation groove of the plurality of grooves associated with the holding member, to assist in preventing unwanted rotation of the tray.
An article support member comprising:
- a collar including a first curved rotational collar portion including at least one protrusion along an inner surface of the first curved rotational collar portion;
- a tray fixedly coupled to the collar;
- and
- at least one spring-loaded pin insertable through the tray.
Mounted on a holding member of a carrier, an article support member comprising:
- a tray;
- a collar rotationally coupled to the holding member and fixedly coupled to the tray, the collar to prevent rotation of the article support member when an article is placed in the tray, and means associated with the collar for preventing unwanted rotation of the tray;
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- a plurality of pins positioned to protrude through the tray and to engage with at least two orientation grooves of the holding member when the article is placed in the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.