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US 8,910,842 B2Granted
Expansible bicycle cargo racks
AssigneeCycling Sports Group, Inc.
InventorsChristopher P. Dodman, Heath Edwin Corbet
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Abstract
An expansible bicycle cargo rack includes a first member, a pivoting mechanism arranged on the first member, a second member arranged on the pivoting mechanism, wherein the second member is configured to rotate about the pivot mechanism between at least two positions, and an elastic member coupled between first member and the second member.
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A bicycle cargo rack, comprising:
- a first member having a top surface defining a first plane;
- a pivoting mechanism arranged on the first member;
- a second member having a top surface defining a second plane, the second member being arranged on the pivoting mechanism, wherein the second member is configured to rotate about the pivoting mechanism between a first position and a second position, wherein the first plane and second plane are co-planar in the second position;
- and,
- an elastic member coupled between the first member and the second member.
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A bicycle cargo rack comprising:
- a base member having a first feature, the base member having a top surface defining a first plane;
- a pivoting mechanism arranged on the base member, the pivoting mechanism including an elastic member;
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- an expanding member arranged on the pivoting mechanism and movable between a first position and a second position, the second position being oriented 90 degrees from the first position, the expanding member having a top surface defining a second plane, the expanding member having a second feature, the expanding member being coupled to the base member by the elastic member, wherein the first plane and second plane are co-planar in the first position and second position;
- wherein the elastic member is arrange to bias the first feature to engage the second feature when in the first position.
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A method of configuring a bicycle cargo rack comprising:
- providing a first member with a second member pivotally coupled thereto, the first member having a top surface defining a first plane and the second member having a second surface defining a second plane;
- providing an elastic member coupled between the first member and the second member;
- biasing the second member into contact with the first member in a first position with the elastic member, wherein the first plane and second plane are co-planar in the first position;
- rotating the second member substantially 90 degrees to a second position, wherein the first plane and second plane are co-planar in the second position;
- and,
- biasing the second member into contact with the first member in the second position with the elastic member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.