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Anti-sway apparatus for a rack arrangement

US8025196B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 2010
Grant dateSep 27, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S224/924
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle carrier rack mountable to a vehicle and having a load bearing arm, the arm having an attachment member on its underside having a locking portion. An anti-sway member is attachable to the locking portion of the member, the anti-sway member having an attachment portion on one end of the anti-sway member, the anti-sway member having an engaged position wherein the anti-sway member prevents sway of the bicycle. The attachment portion encloses a central aperture having an opening in a side of the attachment portion to the central aperture. The locking portion is sized to receive the opening of the anti-sway member when the anti-sway member is in a non-engaged position, and wherein the locking portion is sized to prevent passage through the opening when anti-sway member is in the engaged position, the anti-sway member being rotatable between the engaged and non-engaged positions.

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