Bicycle rental system and station

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2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Bugg, George A (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Miscellaneous

C340S432000, C340S543000, C340S568100, C194S205000, C194S247000, C194S902000, C235S381000, C235S382000, C070S233000, C070S057000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07898439

ABSTRACT:
A bicycle rental system and automated station that may be integrated with an automobile parking payment and management system. Users may pay for parking and/or rent and pickup bicycles at the station. The station has a meter, bicycle docks, and power plant. Transaction formalities for parking payment and rental may be handled at the meter. The bicycle docks each are adapted to secure a bicycle. The power plant uses a solar panel to collect power and stores it in energy storage device. Low-power operation may be achieved by placing some electronics in a low-power mode. Each bicycle dock may have a trigger mechanism that when activated powers on associated electronics. The bicycle docks may be divided among a number of bicycle modules. The bicycle modules provide flexibility and modularity so that the number of bicycle docks at a station may be changed.

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