Bicycle carrier
AssigneeYakima Products, Inc.
InventorsGregory A. Dean, Scott R. Allen
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Abstract
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle. The rack includes forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle and a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle. A wheel mount is attached to a first one of the crossbars. The wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.
Claims10
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle, the rack comprising
- forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle,
- a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle surface, and
- a wheel mount attached to a first one of the crossbars, where the wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle, the rack comprising
- forward and rear crossbars extending across the top surface of the vehicle,
- a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to the vehicle, and
- a wheel mount pivotally mounted on a first of the crossbars, the wheel mount having a curvature configured for receiving a portion of the bicycle wheel, and
- a fork mount attached to the second crossbar, the fork mount including a mechanism configured to securely hold a bicycle fork.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.