Bicycle hub locking mechanism and parking system
AssigneeB-Cycle, LLC
InventorsMichael Kritzer, Alex Bogusky
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Abstract
A bicycle and bicycle parking and lock system wherein a hub locking device that is secured to a bicycle cooperates with a parking rack. The bicycle includes an engagement member that is secured to an axle of the bicycle. The engagement member selectively removably cooperates with a recess formed in the parking and lock system. The parking and lock system includes a number of upstanding members that are positioned to generally flank the front wheel of a bicycle to maintain the bicycle in a generally upright orientation. Each or select number of the upstanding members include a lock system that cooperates with the locking engagement member so as to secure the respective bicycle with respect to the parking system.
Claims10
A bicycle stand, comprising:
- at least one support member defining at least one parking space and having a pair of opposing side walls;
- at least one lock attached to one of the side walls, the lock comprising:
- a body configured to engage the one of the side walls and having a recess formed through a vertically extending wall thereof;
- and
- a pin extending into the recess and moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- wherein:
- the recess and the pin are configured to be proximately aligned with an axle of a bicycle so that the bicycle can be selectively secured relative to the support member when the pin is in the locked position and the bicycle can be removed from the support member only when the pin is in the unlocked position;
- and
- the pin cooperates with a rotatable arm that directly interferes with at least a portion of a hub assembly of the bicycle, the arm being rotatable in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction when the pin is in the unlocked position and rotatable in only one of the directions when the pin is in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.