Bicycle rack installable in a pickup truck bed or trailer
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B60R-009/10
B60P-003/077
B60R-009/06
출원번호
US-0704347
(2015-05-05)
등록번호
US-9254791
(2016-02-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Wolfe, Daniel Glen
출원인 / 주소
Wolfe, Daniel Glen
대리인 / 주소
Fox, III, Angus C.
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초록▼
An improved, simple rack for the secure transport of bicycles and small motorcycles in the bed of a pickup truck or trailer without clamping, strapping or disassembly of the cycle, and with minimal obstruction of the load-carrying bed floor, has individual cycle wheel receptacles with both fixed and
An improved, simple rack for the secure transport of bicycles and small motorcycles in the bed of a pickup truck or trailer without clamping, strapping or disassembly of the cycle, and with minimal obstruction of the load-carrying bed floor, has individual cycle wheel receptacles with both fixed and spring-loaded wheel clamping brackets, that are secured to at least one rack rail assembly that is secured to opposite sides of the truck or trailer bed. In order to secure a cycle in the rack, a front or rear wheel of the cycle is lifted up and pushed into the wheel receptacle between the fixed and spring-loaded wheel clamping brackets. In order to unload the cycle, the wheel is pushed against the spring-loaded wheel clamping bracket, thereby releasing the wheel from the fixed wheel clamping bracket, and is, then, pulled upwardly from the wheel receptacle.
대표청구항▼
1. A bicycle transport rack securable to upper rail portions of opposed side walls of a cargo bed, said rack comprising: at least one bed-spanning beam securable between said opposed upper rail portions; andat least one wheel receptacle having a base securable to said bed-spanning beam, said base ha
1. A bicycle transport rack securable to upper rail portions of opposed side walls of a cargo bed, said rack comprising: at least one bed-spanning beam securable between said opposed upper rail portions; andat least one wheel receptacle having a base securable to said bed-spanning beam, said base having an upwardly-facing V-shaped channel which makes angled contact with both sides of a bottom portion of a tire-shod bicycle wheel inserted in the channel so that the bicycle wheel is oriented generally parallel to the side walls of the cargo bed;an upwardly-angled, fixed first wheel clamping bracket having a proximate end thereof rigidly affixed to said base at a first end of said V-shaped channel, said first wheel clamping bracket having a first V-shaped tire clamp at a distal end thereof which grips the tire of an inserted wheel on its circumference at a first distance from said base; andan upwardly-angled, spring-loaded second wheel clamping bracket affixed at its proximate end to said base member at a second end of said V-shaped channel, said second wheel clamping bracket having a second V-shaped tire clamp at a distal end thereof which grips the tire of an inserted wheel on its circumference at a second distance from said base and at a third distance from said first V-shaped clamp. 2. The bicycle transport rack of claim 1, wherein a cycle wheel secured by said V-channel bracket and said first and second wheel clamping brackets cannot be removed from said at least one wheel receptacle without, first, moving said second wheel clamping bracket away from said first wheel clamping bracket. 3. The bicycle transport rack of claim 1, wherein said first wheel clamping bracket is a generally inverted-U-shaped rod having a V-shaped portion that replaces what would be the curved portion of the U and serves as the first V-shaped tire clamp at the distal end thereof, said U-shaped rod also having a pair of generally parallel straight portions, which are analogous to the sides of the U, each of which is continuous with the V-shaped portion, each of said straight portions ending with a bend where it attaches to the base. 4. The bicycle transport rack of claim 1, wherein said fixed first wheel clamping bracket and said second spring-loaded wheel clamping bracket are clamped between the base and a bottom plate with multiple threaded fasteners that secure the bottom plate to the base. 5. The bicycle transport rack of claim 1, wherein said second wheel clamping bracket is a composite structure formed from: a generally inverted-U-shaped rod having a V-shaped portion that replaces what would be the curved portion of the U and serves as the second V-shaped tire clamp at the distal end thereof, said U-shaped rod also having first and second generally parallel straight portions;first and second coiled torsion springs; andfirst and second sleeves, said first sleeve coupling a free end of said first straight portion to a first end of said first coiled torsion spring, and said second sleeve coupling a free end of said second straight portion to a first end of said second coiled torsion spring; andwherein a second end of each coiled torsion spring is rigidly attached to the base. 6. The bicycle transport rack of claim 5, wherein said bent ends of said first wheel clamping bracket and said second ends of each coiled torsion spring are clamped between the base and a bottom plate with multiple threaded fasteners that secure the bottom plate to the base. 7. The bicycle transport rack of claim 1, wherein said bed-spanning beam is an aluminum extrusion. 8. The bicycle transport rack of claim 7, wherein a clamping bracket, one side of which fits beneath the upper rail portions, is used, in combination with a bolt securable to a captured nut in a nut carrier, which slides within the extruded beam, is used to secure each end of the bed-spanning beam to one of the rails. 9. A bicycle transport rack securable to upper rail portions of opposed side walls of a pickup truck cargo bed, said rack comprising: at least one bed-spanning beam securable between said opposed upper rail portions; andat least one wheel receptacle having a base securable to said bed-spanning beam, said base having an upwardly-facing V-shaped channel which makes angled contact with both sides of a bottom portion of a tire-shod bicycle wheel inserted in the channel so that the bicycle wheel is oriented generally parallel to the side walls of the cargo bed;an upwardly-angled, fixed first wheel clamping bracket having a proximate end thereof rigidly affixed to said base at a first end of said V-shaped channel, said first wheel clamping bracket having a first V-shaped tire clamp at a distal end thereof which grips the tire of an inserted wheel on its circumference at a first distance from said base; andan upwardly-angled, spring-loaded second wheel clamping bracket affixed at its proximate end to said base member at a second end of said V-shaped channel, said second wheel clamping bracket having a generally inverted-U-shaped rod with a V-shaped what would be a curved portion of the U and serves as a second V-shaped tire clamp at the distal end thereof, said U-shaped rod also having first and second generally parallel straight portions with proximate ends; andfirst and second coiled torsion springs, each torsion spring having a first end that is coextensive with a proximate end of one straight portion and a second end that is rigidly attached to the base; wherein said second V-shaped tire clamp grips the tire of an inserted wheel on its circumference at a second distance from said base and at a third distance from said first V-shaped clamp. 10. The bicycle transport rack of claim 9, wherein a cycle wheel secured by said V-channel bracket and said first and second wheel clamping brackets cannot be removed from said at least one wheel receptacle without, first, moving said second wheel clamping bracket away from said first wheel clamping bracket. 11. The bicycle transport rack of claim 9, wherein said fixed first wheel clamping bracket and said second spring-loaded wheel clamping bracket are clamped between the base and a bottom plate with multiple threaded fasteners that secure the bottom plate to the base. 12. The bicycle transport rack of claim 9, wherein said bed-spanning beam is an aluminum extrusion. 13. The bicycle transport rack of claim 12, wherein a clamping bracket, one side of which fits beneath the upper rail portions, is used, in combination with a bolt securable to a captured nut in a nut carrier, which slides within the extruded beam, is used to secure each end of the bed-spanning beam to one of the rails.
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