Bicycle rack for a vehicle bed
US7857177B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60P3/077
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Method and arrangement for providing a bicycle transport system that includes a rack assembly securing a bicycle, with both wheels still attached, in the bed of a pickup truck without requiring physical modification of the pickup truck bed. The transport system includes a rack frame having a securing assembly releasably securing the rack frame in the bed of a transporting pickup truck. The system also includes a bicycle restraining portion that is maintained in abutting engagement with a front tire of a bicycle being transported in the pickup truck bed. The securing assembly has an anchor member that in a secured configuration maintains the rack frame in abutment with the pickup truck bed so that the rack frame is substantially fixing relative to the truck bed. The bicycle restraining portion has a constrictable arm that presses upon the front tire of the bicycle in a transporting configuration. The arm exerts a compression force, obliquely directed with respect to both horizontal and vertical, upon the bicycle front tire in such a manner that the tire is compressed into a substantially fixed position above the truck bed when in the bicycle transporting configuration.
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