GB2561365A - Supporting device for a bicycle - Google Patents
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- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
- B60R9/08—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like specially adapted for sports gear
- B60R9/10—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like specially adapted for sports gear for cycles
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- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
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Abstract
A supporting device for a bicycle carried on the rear of a vehicle is provided, said device including a base (50, figure 2), a vertical rod 60 and two horizontal rods 70. The vertical rod is disposed on the base and has at least one fixing member 65 which can hook on a top tube of a bicycle. The two horizontal rods are respectively pivoted to two sides of the base, and each has at least one position-restricting member 75 for restricting wheels of the bicycle. The base may have a connecting rod 30 on its underside for detachably connecting the device to a vehicle. The vertical rod may be pivoted to lie adjacent to the horizontal rods so as to provide access to the vehicle and, when the device is not in use, the horizontal rods may be folded up adjacent to the vertical rod (figure 3). The device provides a rack which supports a bicycle at three points, and thus is intended to be more stable in use.
Description
(71) Applicant(s):
Shih-Chieh Shen
Lane 100, Shuitou 1st Road, Waipu District, Taichung City 438, Taiwan (72) Inventor(s):
Shih-Chieh Shen (51) INT CL:
B60R9/10 (2006.01) (56) Documents Cited:
CN 203995994 U CN 104691431 A
US 20080230579 A1 US 20050061842 A1 TW M349352 (58) Field of Search:
INT CL B60R Other: WPI, EPODOC (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:
Alpha & Omega
Chine Croft, East Hill, OTTERY ST. MARY, Devon, EX11 1PJ, United Kingdom (54) Title of the Invention: Supporting device for a bicycle Abstract Title: A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle (57) A supporting device for a bicycle carried on the rear of a vehicle is provided, said device including a base (50, figure 2), a vertical rod 60 and two horizontal rods 70. The vertical rod is disposed on the base and has at least one fixing member 65 which can hook on a top tube of a bicycle. The two horizontal rods are respectively pivoted to two sides of the base, and each has at least one position-restricting member 75 for restricting wheels of the bicycle. The base may have a connecting rod 30 on its underside for detachably connecting the device to a vehicle. The vertical rod may be pivoted to lie adjacent to the horizontal rods so as to provide access to the vehicle and, when the device is not in use, the horizontal rods may be folded up adjacent to the vertical rod (figure 3). The device provides a rack which supports a bicycle at three points, and thus is intended to be more stable in use.
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SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a supporting device for a bicycle.
Description of the Prior Art
In recent years, people are busy working, so they put more emphasis on outdoor activities, such as riding a bicycle, to relax. Riding a bicycle is a work-out activity, a recreation and a way of transportation and is widely popular; therefore, many people assemble a supporting device for a bicycle on a rear end of a trunk for a bicycle to be hung thereon and detached to be ridden.
A conventional supporting device for a bicycle, as disclosed in TW387368, includes a first main body and a second main body, the first main body has a top frame and a supporting rod which are engaged and connected with each other via an elastic piece, the second main body has a bottom frame and a main axial frame which are engaged with each other via an elastic piece, the first main body is pivoted to the supporting rod, and the second main body is pivoted to the main axial frame. Specifically, a rod portion of the bottom frame has a plurality of corresponding holes, the corresponding holes are engaged with a protrusion of the elastic piece for adjusting a position of the bottom frame.
However, in actual practice, the two supporting rods are respectively for positioning a top tube of the vehicle so as to position the bicycle on the supporting device for a bicycle. Since the conventional supporting device for a bicycle positions the top tube of the bicycle on two points, a positioning effect is not preferable and, when a driver breaks suddenly or drives on a bumpy road, the bicycle may shake along the top tube and cannot be stably and effectively positioned.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In practical use, the aforementioned conventional supporting device for a bicycle cannot stably hold the bicycle, and the bicycle on the supporting device is unstable.
The major object of the present invention is to provide a supporting device for a bicycle, which can support a bicycle on three points so that the bicycle can be arranged on the supporting device for bicycle stably to prevent the bicycle from shaking when a vehicle is driven, and the supporting device for bicycle is convenient to be folded and carried.
To achieve the above and other objects, a supporting device for a bicycle is provided, including an assembling base; a vertical rod, the vertical rod having a first end and a second end, the first end of the vertical rod disposed on the assembling base, the second end of the vertical rod having at least one fixing member which hooks a top tube of a bicycle; two horizontal rods, the two horizontal rods respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the two horizontal rods respectively pivoted to two ends of the assembling base, the two horizontal rods being respectively positionable on the assembling base, the second ends of the two horizontal rods having a position-restricting member on a same side of the fixing member for each said position-restricting member respectively positioning wheels of the bicycle.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purposes of illustration only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the supporting device unfolded according to a preferable embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a partial breakdown stereogram of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting device folded according to a preferable embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting device unfolded according to another preferable embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a partial breakdown stereogram of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the supporting device unfolded according to another preferable embodiment of the present invention; and
Fig. 7 is a partial breakdown stereogram of Fig. 6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The present invention will be clearer from the following description when 20 viewed together with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purposes of illustration only, the preferred embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
Please refer to Figs. 1-3, a supporting device 20 for a bicycle is arranged on an exterior side of a trunk of a vehicle, a bottom face of the vehicle has an assembling rod for the supporting device 20 to be sleeved in the assembling rod, an inserting pin is inserted into the assembling rod and the supporting device 20 so as to fix the supporting device 20 on the vehicle.
A bicycle can be arranged on the supporting device 20, and the supporting device 20 is for restricting positions of a top tube and two wheels of the bicycle respectively so as to hold the bicycle on three points.
The supporting device 20 includes a connecting rod 30 which for fixing the assembling rod, a fixing sleeve 40 which is fixedly screwed to the connecting rod 30, an assembling base 50 which is welded on a top face of the fixing sleeve 40, a vertical rod 60 which is connected to the assembling base 50, and two horizontal rods 70 which are respectively connected to two ends of the assembling base 50.
The connecting rod 30 is square tubular and has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the connecting rod 30 is disposed through the assembling rod.
Two side of the fixing sleeve 40 may extend toward outside to form supporting wings, a nut may be fixedly welded on a bottom face of the fixing sleeve 40, the fixing sleeve 40 is fixedly screwed and sleeved on a second end of the connecting rod 30 for a bolt 43 to be screwed through the nut, penetrate through the bottom face of the fixing sleeve 40 and abut against a bottom face of the connecting rod 30 tightly. A profile of the assembling base 50 is substantially U-shaped, a center of the assembling base 50 has a receiving groove 51, two side faces of the receiving groove 51 respectively have an assembling face 52 toward the connecting rod 30, the assembling face 52 has a plurality of through holes 53, and a bottom face of the assembling base 50 is fixedly welded on the fixing sleeve 40. The vertical rod 60 has a first end and a second end, the first end of the vertical rod 60 is received in the receiving groove 51, and the first end and the second end of the vertical rod 60 respectively have a bolt 61 and an inserting pin 62 for respectively penetrating through two said through holes 53 of the assembling base 50 corresponding to each other, the second end the vertical rod 60 has two fixing members 63 opposite to each other, the two fixing members 63 respectively have a positioning sleeve 64 which is sleeved on the vertical rod 60 and a hook portion 65 which is fixed on the positioning sleeve 64, the two hook portions 65 are hook shaped and face opposite directions, a profile of the positioning sleeve 64 is C-shaped, the positioning sleeve 64 is sleeved on the vertical rod 60, a bolt 66 is disposed through the positioning sleeve 64 and screwed through the hook portion 65 and the vertical rod 60 for the positioning sleeve 64 to abut against the vertical rod 60 tightly. The two horizontal rods 70 respectively have a first end and a second end, the first ends of the two horizontal rods 70 are respectively received in two ends of the receiving groove 51 and have a bolt 71 and an inserting pin 72 for penetrating through two said through holes 53 of the assembling base 50 corresponding to each other, the second ends of the two horizontal rods 70 have a position-restricting member 73 on a same side of the fixing member 63, the position-restricting members 73 respectively have a slidable sleeve 74 which is adjustable, the slidable sleeve 74 is sleeved on the second end of the horizontal rod 70, and the slidable sleeve 74 has a position-restricting ring 75 which faces toward outside and parallel to the horizontal rod 70.
The two horizontal rods 70 are respectively positioned on the assembling base 50 in parallel, the vertical rod 60 is perpendicularly arranged, the two wheels of the bicycle can be respectively partly received in the two position-restricting rinds 75 on the same side, the fixing member 63 can be adjusted to an appropriate position along the vertical rod 60, the hook portion 65 abuts against the top tube of the bicycle downward, and the bolt 66 is fixedly screwed with the fixing member 63 for fixing the fixing member 63 so that the two position-restricting rings 75 can restrict the left-and-right movement and the back-and-forth movement of the bicycle and the fixing member 63 can restrict the up-and-down movement of the bicycle so as to completely and stably position the bicycle.
When the trunk of the vehicle is opened, the inserting pin 62 on the first end of the vertical rod 60 is pull out, so the vertical rod 60 can rotate about the bolt 61 with the first end thereof to fold to approach one of the horizontal rod 70 to make the supporting device 20 be arranged in parallel without influencing opening of the trunk.
When the bicycle is not arranged on the supporting device 20, the vertical rod 60 can be positioned perpendicularly, the inserting pins 72 on the first ends of the two horizontal rods 70 can be pulled out, the two horizontal rods 70 can respectively rotate along the bolt 71 on the first ends of the two horizontal rods 70 and contact two sides of the vertical rod 60, the two inserting pins 72 are inserted into two said through holes 53 of the two horizontal rods 70 corresponding to each other so as to position the two horizontal rods 70 perpendicularly. Therefore, a volume of the supporting device 20 can be largely decreased, and it is convenient and easy for a user to fold and carry the supporting device 20. The inserting pins disposed through the plurality of through holes of the two assembling faces are arranged in parallel to the bolt by which the vertical rod is pivoted to the assembling faces.
In an embodiment as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the assembling faces 52a of 5 the assembling base are fixedly welded to two opposite lateral side faces 81 of a bottom bar 80 which is fixedly disposed on a top face of a connecting rod 30a, and the assembling faces 52a of the assembling base are parallel to the two opposite lateral side faces 81 of the bottom bar 80.
In an embodiment as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the assembling faces 52b of 10 the assembling base are transversely saddled on a connecting rod 30b and fixedly welded to a top face and two opposite lateral side faces of the connecting rod 30b.
Claims (18)
1. A supporting device for a bicycle, including: an assembling base;
a vertical rod, the vertical rod having a first end and a second end, the first end of the vertical rod disposed on the assembling base, the second end of the vertical rod having at least one fixing member which hooks a top tube of a bicycle;
two horizontal rods, the two horizontal rods respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the two horizontal rods respectively pivoted to two ends of the assembling base, the two horizontal rods being respectively positionable on the assembling base, the second ends of the two horizontal rods having a position-restricting member on a same side of the fixing member for each said position-restricting member respectively positioning wheels of the bicycle.
2. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 1, wherein a bottom face of the assembling base has a connecting rod fixedly attached thereto.
3. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 2, wherein an end of the connecting rod opposite to the assembling base is for being fixedly disposed through an assembling rod fixed on a vehicle.
4. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 3, wherein the connecting rod and the assembling base are engaged with each other to form a fixing sleeve.
5. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 1, wherein a center of the assembling base has a receiving groove for the vertical rod and the first ends of the two horizontal rods to be respectively received in the receiving groove.
6. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 5, wherein the assembling base has assembling faces respectively on two side walls of the receiving groove.
7. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 6, wherein the two assembling faces has a plurality of through holes which correspond to each other for a plurality of positioning members to be disposed therethrough, and the positioning members are capable of respectively positioning the vertical rod and the two horizontal rods.
8. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 7, wherein the vertical rod and the two horizontal rods are pivoted to the assembling faces by bolts, respectively, the positioning members are inserting pins, and the inserting pins are arranged in parallel to the bolt by which the vertical rod is pivoted to the assembling faces.
9. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 1, wherein a front side and a rear side of the vertical rod respectively have a fixing member, and two opposite sides of the two horizontal rods respectively has two position-restricting members corresponding to the two fixing members.
10. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 1, wherein the fixing member respectively has a positioning sleeve which is adjustable and a hook portion which is fixedly disposed on the positioning sleeve.
11. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 10, wherein a profile of the positioning sleeve is C-shaped, the positioning sleeve is sleeved on the vertical rod, a bolt is disposed through the positioning sleeve and screwed through the hook portion and the vertical rod for the positioning sleeve to abut against the vertical rod tightly.
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12. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 1, wherein the position-restricting member respectively has a slidable sleeve which is adjustable, the slidable sleeve is sleeved on a second end of the horizontal rod, and the slidable sleeve repectively and fixedly has a position-restricting ring which faces toward outside and is for restricting a position of the
10 wheels of the bicycle.
13. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 12, wherein a profile of the slidable sleeve is C-shaped, the slidable sleeve is sleeved on the vertical rod, a bolt is disposed through the slidable sleeve and screwed with the position-restricting member and the horizontal rod for the slidable sleeve to
15 abut against the horizontal rod tightly.
14. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 12, wherein the position-restricting ring is parallel to the horizontal rod.
15. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 14, wherein the position-restricting rind is annular.
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16. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 8, wherein the assembling faces of the assembling base are fixedly welded to two opposite lateral side faces of a bottom bar which is fixedly disposed on a top face of a connecting rod, and the assembling faces of the assembling base are parallel io to the two opposite lateral side faces of the bottom bar.
17. The supporting device for a bicycle of claim 8, wherein the assembling faces of the assembling base are transversely saddled on a connecting rod and fixedly welded to a top face and two opposite lateral side faces of the
5 connecting rod.
18. A supporting device for a bicycle, including: an assembling base;
a vertical rod, the vertical rod having a first end and a second end which is for positioning a tube body of a bicycle, the first end of the vertical rod
10 being disposed on the assembling base vertically;
two horizontal rods, the two horizontal rods respectively having a first end and a second end which is for positioning wheels of the bicycle, the first ends of the two horizontal rods respectively pivoted to two ends of the assembling base, two horizontal rods respectively positionable on the
15 assembling base, the two horizontal rods respectively positionable on two sides of the vertical rod in parallel.
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| GB1705791.0A GB2561365A (en) | 2017-04-11 | 2017-04-11 | Supporting device for a bicycle |
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| CN203995994U (en) * | 2014-08-06 | 2014-12-10 | 扬州元峰科技有限公司 | A kind of bicycle tray |
| CN104691431A (en) * | 2015-03-06 | 2015-06-10 | 翰桥（湖州）五金制品有限公司 | Vehicle-mounted bicycle all-around fixing bracket |
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