Anchor on a load carrier for a bicycle through-axle
US9376065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R9/10
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An anchor for releasably securing a bicycle through-axle, that is installed in a wheelless front fork of a bicycle, to a load carrier. The anchor is made up of an anchor body having a through-axle receiving space for receiving a bicycle through-axle therein. The anchor additionally has a movable wedge located within the anchor body and transitionable between a receiving configuration in which an interior of the receiving space is expanded for insertably receiving a bicycle through-axle therein, and a secured configuration in which the movable wedge is in lateral abutting engagement with a bicycle through-axle received within the interior of the receiving space.
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