US 7,621,493 B2Granted

Support for mounting a bicycle rack on a frame

OwnerLaurier J. Vermette, Ronald J. Shpak +2inventors

InventorsLaurier J. Vermette, Ronald J. Shpak, Deborah J. Shpak, Linda M. Vermette

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Abstract

A support for mounting a bicycle rack on a frame, particularly an A-frame of a trailer tongue, has a cross-piece having a length to span spaced-apart frame elements of the frame. The cross-piece forms angles with the frame elements. Mounting brackets are secured to the cross-piece at an angle congruent to the angle formed between the cross-piece and the frame elements and are used to mount the support on the frame elements. A mounting means, for example a receiver tube, is secured to the cross-piece for mounting the bicycle rack to the cross-piece. The support is particularly useful for fender-less trailers having an A-frame tongue since the support can be mounted on the A-frame tongue between the trailer and the towing vehicle. Thus, bicycles can be conveniently carried between the trailer and the towing vehicle.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a trailer having a frame, the frame comprising first and second frame elements that form an A-frame tongue, the A-frame tongue having a vertex, a first side formed by the first frame element and a second side formed by the second frame element, the vertex having means for hitching the trailer to a towing vehicle;
a bicycle rack having a mounting post;
a bicycle rack support mounted on the tongue, the support comprising:
a cross-piece having a length that spans the tongue from the first side to the second side, the cross-piece forming a first angle with the first side and a second angle with the second side,
first and second mounting brackets secured to the cross-piece for mounting the support on the first and second frame elements, the first mounting bracket forming an angle with the cross-piece which is congruent to the first angle, the second mounting bracket forming an angle with the cross-piece which is congruent to the second angle, and
a tube secured to the cross-piece and receiving the mounting post;
and a pin, securing the mounting post in the tube.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.