Bicycle repair stand
AssigneeSaris Cycling Group, Inc.
InventorChad DeBaker
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Abstract
A bicycle repair stand includes an upright column. A first repair station includes a repair rack extending from the upright column in a first direction. The repair rack retains a bicycle at an elevated position relative to a column base. A tool storage face is provided along an exterior of the upright column. At least one retractable tool is coupled along the tool storage face. The at least one retractable tool includes a tool, a cable coupled with the tool, and a retraction mechanism coupled with the cable and configured to pull the tool toward the tool storage face when released by an operator.
Claims28
A bicycle repair stand, comprising:
- an upright column including a plurality of column faces that cooperate to define an interior of the column;
- a first repair station including a repair rack extending from the upright column in a first direction, the repair rack configured to retain a bicycle at an elevated position relative to a column base;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of column faces is a tool storage face directed in a second direction different than the first direction;
- and at least one retractable tool coupled along the tool storage face and located exteriorly of the column interior, wherein the retractable tool includes:
- a tool, a cable coupled with the tool, and a retraction mechanism coupled with the cable and configured to pull the tool toward the tool storage face when the tool is released by an operator, wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a counterweight coupled to the cable, and wherein the counterweight is located within the interior of the column and is movable within the column between a raised position when the tool is moved away from the tool storage face and a lowered position for moving the tool toward the tool storage face.
A bicycle repair stand, comprising:
- an upright column defining an interior;
- a first repair station including a repair rack extending from the upright column, the repair rack configured to retain a bicycle at an elevated position relative to a column base;
- a tool storage face along an exterior of the upright column;
- and a plurality of retractable tools coupled along the tool storage face and located exteriorly of the column interior, wherein each of the plurality of retractable tools includes:
- a tool, a cable coupled with the tool, and a retraction mechanism coupled with the cable and configured to pull the tool and the cable toward the tool storage face when the tool is released by an operator, wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a counterweight coupled to the cable, and wherein the counterweight is located within the interior of the column and is movable within the column between a raised position when the tool is moved away from the tool storage face and a lowered position for moving the tool toward the tool storage face.
A method of using a bicycle repair stand, comprising:
- mounting a bicycle on a repair rack at an elevated position relative to a column base of an upright column coupled with the repair rack, wherein the upright column defines an interior;
- withdrawing at least one tool from a tool storage face located exteriorly of the column interior along an exterior of the upright column to work on the bicycle, the at least one tool coupled with a cable, and wherein the tool storage face is recessed from the bicycle at the elevated position;
- and pulling the at least one tool toward the tool storage face when released by an operator with a retraction mechanism coupled with the cable, wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a counterweight coupled to the cable, wherein the counterweight is located within the interior of the column and is movable within the column between a raised position when the tool is moved away from the tool storage face and a lowered position for moving the tool toward the tool storage face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.