Bicycle carrier-seat cover device

US4948020A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Kenneth C. Smith · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 1989
• Grant date: Aug 14, 1990
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62J7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a bicycle attachment which can serve as a carrier rack, or as a back protector, or as a seat cover, when moved to various positions. A convertible bicycle carrier-seat cover apparatus which comprises: (a) an attachment adapted to be removably secured to a seat post of a bicycle; (b) a swing arm which at one end thereof is pivotally connected to the attachment, and can be pivoted through a first relatively horizontal position, a second upwardly angled position, and a third upright position in a vertical plane, and is capable of being secured in any one of the positions by a swing arm-attachment securing device; and (c) a platform secured to the end of the swing arm opposite the attachment, said platform being adapted to pivot through a vertical plane in relation to the swing arm, and being capable of being secured in a first relatively horizontal position, a second upwardly angled position, and third upright position relative to the swing arm by a platform-swing arm securing device.