Pivot stop bicycle rack
US6062451A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R9/10
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A formed steel tilt bracket has a cylindrical section which wraps around a bike support tube forming a visually pleasing and cost-effective solution to the problem of joining a round tube with a square hitch extension. The tilt bracket engages and supports an upstanding circular tube for mounting bicycles or the like. The bracket has a plane of symmetry aligned with the rectangular hitch extension. The plane of symmetry passes through a cylindrical portion of the bracket which is intersected only once by the plane of symmetry, the cylindrical portion wraps over 180 degrees of the upstanding tube circumference. The cylindrical portion has a first substantially triangular extension and a second substantially triangular extension arranged symmetrically about the plane of symmetry and forming therebetween a passage for the square receiver tube. The bracket is pivotally mounted to the square receiver tube by a first pin passing through the first substantially triangular extension, the rectangular tub extension, and the second substantially triangular extension, the pin being closely spaced from the cylindrical portion. A second pin is readily removed and inserted and is positioned space…
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