Bicycle carrier
AssigneeKing Roof Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorShih-Chieh Shen
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Abstract
A bicycle carrier includes a base rack, a main body, and a restriction element. The base rack is connected to a vehicle body and a limiting element therebetween. The limiting element has a horizontal sliding groove and an arc sliding groove which is below the horizontal sliding groove. An end of the main body is pivotally connected to the limiting element, and the other end is connected to a supporting element. The main body is formed with an elongated groove corresponding to the horizontal and the arc sliding grooves. The restriction element is inserted through the main body and is connected to the limiting element via an elastic element. A pin element is inserted through the restriction element to be slidable in the elongated groove. The elastic element makes the restriction element tend to move toward the base rack.
Claims7
A bicycle carrier including:
- a connection structure, including a base rack and a limiting element, an end of the base rack being adapted for connecting to a vehicle body, an opposite end of the base rack being connected with the limiting element, the limiting element being formed with at least one horizontal sliding groove and at least one arc sliding groove, the horizontal sliding groove communicating with the arc sliding groove, the arc sliding groove being located below the horizontal sliding groove and extending downward from the horizontal sliding groove;
- a supporting structure, including a main body and a supporting element, an end of the main body being pivotally connected to the limiting element, an opposite end of the main body being connected to the supporting element, the supporting element being adapted for support of an object, the main body being formed with an elongated groove corresponding to the horizontal sliding groove and the arc sliding groove;
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- a restriction element, inserted through the main body to connect with one of the limiting element and the main body via an elastic element, a pin element being inserted through the restriction element and the elongated groove to be slidably arranged in the elongated groove so that the restriction element is movable with respect to the main body between a first position and a second position, the first position being closer to the connection structure than the second position is, the restriction element tending to move toward the first position due to the elastic element;
- wherein the pin element is located in the horizontal sliding groove when the restriction element is located at the first position, the pin element being able to enter the arc sliding groove and to further move downward so that the main body is pivoted downward to a folding position when the restriction element is located at the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.