Supports: racks – Special article – Velocipede type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-06
2001-02-06
Johnson, Blair M. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Velocipede type
C211S024000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182836
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a free standing rack for storagely mounting of a bicycle in a vertically suspended manner above a supporting surface.
2) Description of the Prior Art
A substantial number of different types of bicycle storage racks have been devised in the past for the purpose of storing bicycles when such are not in use. The most conventional bicycle storage racks are wall or ceiling mounted devices which are permanently secured in place within a building structure. Conventional bicycle storage racks that are designed for home use must be bolted or otherwise secured to a wall or otherwise held against some supporting structure. As a consequence, defacement of the wall is necessary in order to install such a supporting rack and such racks become permanent fixtures. Such permanent mounting of racks frequently result in the bicycle being supported in a manner that it can be either difficult to get to to place the bicycle in a storage position in conjunction with a rack or difficult to remove the bicycle from the rack when it is desired to use the bicycle. Also, such permanent installed storage racks can locate the bicycle in a manner to cause interference with human movement or movement of other devices such as an automobile.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One of the primary objectives of the present invention is to construct a storage rack for bicycles which can be disassembled facilitating transportability of the rack and also storage of the rack when not in use.
Another objective of the present invention is to construct a bicycle storage rack which will permit the rack to be readily moved from location to location while it is being used permitting the storage rack to be moved away from a particular location in order to gain access to that particular location, and also permitting a storage rack to be moved to avoid interference with human movement or a separate device such as an automobile.
Another objective of the present invention is to construct a bicycle storage rack which facilitates mounting of as many as six bicycles in a compact supporting arrangement on the rack with the mounting of the bicycles to be easily accomplished even by individuals of weak strength and also where the rack can then be easily moved when supporting the bicycles from one location to another again by individuals with weak strength, such as women or children.
The bicycle storage rack of the present invention is constructed of a base with the base being of a polygonal shaped configuration having a diagonal dimension which is greater in length than the length of any side of the base. A lower end of an upright standard is removably engaged with the base with the upper end of the upright standard having mounted thereto a crossbar. The crossbar is oriented parallel to the diagonal dimension of the base so the weight of bicycles suspendingly mounted on the crossbar is cantilevered along the direction of the diagonal dimension to thereby distribute the supporting weight along the longest dimension of the base diminishing the possibility of tipping over of the rack during usage. The base includes a pair of support braces which connect between an upstanding centrally mounted support tube and the peripheral edge of the base. These support braces are to also function as a separator to laterally space apart on opposite sides of the support brace the rear wheels of two bicycles that are supportingly mounted on the portion of the crossbars which is in a alignment with the particular support brace.
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Johnson Blair M.
Munro Jack C.
Tran Khoa
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