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US 9,039,263 B2Granted
Extendible and pivotable bicycle rack
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsHendrik Hofmann, Dirk Lungershausen
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Abstract
A bicycle rack for arrangement on the rear end of a motor vehicle in an extendible fashion is provided. The bicycle rack includes a carrying frame, a slide-in element that is displaceably arranged in the carrying frame, and a carrier element that is pivotably arranged on the side-in element.
Claims7
A bicycle rack for arrangement on a rear end of a motor vehicle having vehicle tail lights in an extendible fashion, wherein the bicycle rack comprises:
- a carrying frame;
- a slide-in element that is displaceably arranged in the carrying frame;
- a carrier element that is pivotably arranged on the slide-in element;
- a bicycle rack lighting unit arranged on the carrier element;
- and
- at least one switching mechanism, the switching mechanism enabling the bicycle rack lighting unit and disabling the tail lights of the vehicle when the slide-in element is extended, and disabling the bicycle rack lighting unit and enabling the tail lights of the vehicle when the slide-in element is not extended.
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A bicycle rack for arrangement on a rear end of a motor vehicle in an extendible fashion, wherein the bicycle rack comprises:
- a carrying frame;
- a slide-in element that is displaceably arranged in the carrying frame;
- a carrier element that is pivotably arranged on the slide-in element;
- and
- lighting units that are arranged on the carrier element, a bicycle rack switch that is arranged in such a way that it deactivates an electrically conductive connection between a power supply for lights of the motor vehicle and the lighting units when the carrier element is pivoted from an operating position into a loading position, and a taillight switch that is arranged in such a way that it activates an electrically conductive connection between the power supply for lights of the motor vehicle and taillight units on the motor vehicle when the carrier element is pivoted from the operating position into the loading position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.