Self-locking bicycle carrier
AssigneeDanik Industries Ltd.
InventorsJames C. Morris, Lopin Wang, 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 is coupled to the tray and interlocks with the holding member in a plurality of angular orientations. 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. An integral locking mechanism allows an article to be locked to the carrier.
Claims20
A carrier adapted for coupling to a vehicle, comprising:
- a holding member having a first plurality of orientation grooves;
- and
- an article support member coupled to the holding member, the article support member comprises a tray to hold a tube of a bicycle and a collar with at least one protrusion placed on an inner surface of the collar to mate with at least one and at most a second plurality of orientation grooves when the article support member is placed in a locked position to prevent the article support member from being rotatably adjusted, the second plurality of orientation grooves being substantially lesser in number than the first plurality of orientation grooves.
Adapted to a holding member having grooves, an article support member, comprising:
- an element with a substantially concave channel to support a bicycle during transit;
- and
- a collar coupled to the element, the collar including a segment with an inner surface having at least one protrusion complementary to at least one groove of the holding member, the at least one protrusion being an integral part of the inner surface for fastening and preventing further angular rotation of the collar when placed in a locked position and being lesser in number with a number of grooves of the holding member.
Adapted for a vehicle, a bicycle carrier comprising:
- a holding member including a plurality of orientation grooves;
- and
- an article support member coupled to the holding member to support a bicycle, the article support member including
- a collar that comprises a plurality of collar segments forming an opening, one of the plurality of collar segments including an inner surface having at least two protrusions so that the protrusions are only placed on a predetermined portion of the inner surface and not along a perimeter formed by the inner surface, the protrusions being complementary in shape with at least two of the plurality of orientation grooves of the holding member for mating with the at least two of the plurality of orientation grooves of the holding member to prevent unwanted rotation of the article support member when the article support member is slid onto the holding member and placed in a locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.