JPH11198710A - Bicycle loading device of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To load down a bicycle on the rear floor of a van type automobile easily and load it while keeping a safe state. SOLUTION: A guide rail 11 is laid on the rear floor of a van type automobile in the front/rear direction of a vehicle and a slider 5 guided by the guide rail 11 is installed on the front end of a carrier main body 1 on which the front/rear wheels of a bicycle are placed. A front wheel fixing tool 8 is installed on the front wheel placed part and a stand common to caster 6 are installed on the rear end part and a frame fixing stay 10 for stopping the frame of the bicycle hangingly is installed near this front wheel placed part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for stably mounting a bicycle on a rear floor of an automobile such as a van.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When carrying a bicycle when going out by car for recreation or the like, a folding bicycle is stored in a trunk or a space behind the vehicle.

[0003]

Therefore, in the related art, when bringing a bicycle, it is limited to a folding bicycle which can be folded compactly, and there is an inconvenience that an ordinary bicycle which cannot be folded cannot be mounted. . Recently, recreational vehicles (RV vehicles) have become extremely popular, and are used for recreation and the like. This recreational vehicle (RV vehicle) has a higher ceiling than a sedan-type vehicle and has room on the floor behind the vehicle, so that it is possible to mount an ordinary bicycle that cannot be folded. However, there are problems such as inconvenience of unloading and instability on the floor.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for mounting a bicycle on an automobile, which can easily load and unload a bicycle on a rear floor of an automobile such as a van type and which can be mounted while maintaining a stable state.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is an apparatus for mounting a bicycle on a rear floor of an automobile such as a van type, wherein the bicycle is mounted on the floor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A laid guide rail and a carrier body on which the front wheel and the rear wheel of the bicycle are mounted.The carrier body has a slider attached to the front end thereof, which is guided by the guide rail and is detachable from the slide rail, The front wheel mounting portion is provided with a front wheel fixing tool, a stand / caster at a rear end, and a frame fixing stay for latching a bicycle frame near the front wheel mounting portion. Is what you do.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a bicycle 2 is mounted on a carrier body 1, and FIG. 2 is a plan view. The carrier body 1 is a channel having a length on which the front wheel 3 and the rear wheel 4 of the bicycle 2 are placed.

As shown in FIG. 3, a slider 5 which is guided by a guide rail 11 which will be described later and is detachable from the slide rail 11 is attached to the carrier main body 1 by a pin 5 as shown in FIG. A front wheel fixing device 8 is provided on the front wheel mounting portion, and a stand / caster 6 is provided on the rear end portion.
In the vicinity of the front wheel fixing device 8, a frame fixing stay 10 for hooking a bicycle frame is provided.

[0008] As shown in FIG.
A pair of L-shaped members for sandwiching the front wheel 3 is used. As shown in FIG. 5, a long hole 8a overlapped with a long hole 12 provided in the front wheel mounting portion of the carrier body 1, and a front wheel 3 sandwiched therebetween. A band 8b for securing is provided, and the long hole 8a of the front wheel fixing device 8 is overlapped with the long hole 12 of the carrier body 1 at an arbitrary angle and bolted.

The stand / caster 6 is attached to the carrier main body 1 so as to be able to move up and down. When the roller 13 and the spring 13 are urged in the falling direction in the same direction as the axis of the carrier body 1, the stand and the caster 6 And a stand lock 14. Further, the carrier body 1 is provided with a stopper 18 for regulating the standing and caster 6 in a standing state and a falling state.

The frame fixing stay 10 is also attached to the carrier main body 1 so as to be able to be turned upside down.
A lock support 15 for holding the lower frame 9 is provided.

This lock support 15 is provided in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a pair of left and right brackets 15a in which a sponge 15b having a semicircular hole for gripping the lower frame 9 of the bicycle 2 is provided, a lock lever 15c for tightening and loosening the brackets 15a, and a lock. It is composed of a shaft 15d and a lock nut 15e,
The bracket 15a is provided with a U-shaped hole 15f through which the lock shaft 15d is inserted and removed. A locking claw 15g is provided near the U-shaped hole 15f to prevent the lock lever 15c from coming off.

The lock support 15 is expanded in the left-right direction with the lock shaft 15d detached from the bracket 15a, sandwiching the lower frame 9 of the bicycle 2, and inserting the lock shaft 15d into the U-shaped hole 15f. By operating the lock lever 15c in the closing direction, the bracket 15 is moved.
8A is clamped as shown in FIG. By operating the lever 15c in the opening direction, the tightening of the bracket 15a is loosened as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, the guide rail 11 is provided with a recess 17 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle on a floor 16 having a margin behind the vehicle, such as a van type. Be laid. At the rear end of the guide rail 11, as shown in FIG.
And a slide lock 11b which is constantly pushed up by the leaf spring 11a. The slider 5 at the front end of the carrier body 1 is provided with the slide lock 1b.
1b. still. The guide rail 11 may be fixed directly on the flat floor 16 without necessarily providing the recess 17, but it is more advantageous to fix the guide rail 11 in the recess 17 because the mounting height increases by that amount. .

Since the present invention has the structure as described above, the carrier body 1 is moved by the slider 5 to the guide rail 11.
Is stored in the car and pulled out of the car.
When the carrier body 1 is not required at all, it is possible to remove the carrier body 1 from the guide rail 11 and store it in a garage or the like.

In the following description, it is assumed that the carrier main body 1 is guided by the guide rail 11 and stored in the vehicle. Therefore, when loading the bicycle 2 into the car, FIG.
As shown in (a), the rear door is opened and the carrier body 1 is pulled out of the vehicle. The carrier body 1 pulled out of the vehicle is stopped by the slider 5 at the front end of the carrier body 1 being engaged with the slide lock 11b, and as shown in FIG. 11B, the rear end of the carrier body 1 is on the ground. Upon contact, the carrier body 1 is inclined to bridge between the ground and the floor 16.

Then, the bicycle 3 is rolled on the ground, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the front wheel 3 is mounted on the inclined carrier body 1, the front wheel 3 is fixed with the front wheel fixing tool 8, and the lower frame 9 is latched by the frame fixing stay 10. Thus, the bicycle 2 is fixed to the carrier body 1. When the front wheel 3 is angled, the front wheel 3 is mounted and fixed at an angle to the carrier body 1 by fixing the front wheel fixture 8 to the carrier body 1 at a desired angle.

Next, the bicycle 2 fixed to the carrier body 1 is stored in the vehicle. To do this, the stand / caster 6 is raised as shown in FIG. As a result, the inclined carrier body 1 is lifted in a horizontal state at substantially the same height as the floor 16.

The carrier body 1 lifted up in the horizontal state is pushed inward in the vehicle, thereby obtaining the state shown in FIG.
As shown by, it is guided by the guide rail 11 and moves,
The bicycle 2 is mounted in the vehicle via the carrier body 1. At this time, the carrier body 1 is smoothly moved by the rollers 7 of the stand and casters 6, and the standing stand and casters 6 abut on the ends of the floor 16 and automatically fall.

The above is the operation of loading the bicycle 2 in the vehicle. When the bicycle 2 is to be lowered from the vehicle to the outside of the vehicle, the procedure is reversed.

The bicycle 2 mounted in the vehicle via the carrier body 1 is fixed to the carrier body 1 by a front wheel fixing device 8 and a frame fixing stay 10, and the carrier body 1 is held by a guide rail 11. ,
The vehicle can be transported in a stable state without falling down even when the vehicle shakes. In addition, even in rainy weather, the bicycle can be transported without getting wet.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, in an automobile such as a van type in which the luggage compartment can be expanded, even if it is an ordinary bicycle that cannot be folded or a folding bicycle, it can be easily operated without being folded. Since it can be loaded and unloaded and can be transported in a stable state, it can be transported by an automobile without being restricted by the type of bicycle, and there is an advantage that the use of bicycles in recreation and the like can be expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a component of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a front wheel fixing device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a fixing direction of a front wheel fixing device.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a portion viewed in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lock support.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the lock support in a locked state.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of an unlocked state of the lock support.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a fixing portion of a guide rail.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a procedure for loading a bicycle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Carrier body 2 Bicycle 3 Front wheel 4 Rear wheel 5 Slider 6 Stand and caster 7 Roller 8 Front wheel fixing device 9 Lower frame 10 Frame fixing stay 11 Guide rail 15 Lock support 16 Floor

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Yamamoto 1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Toyota Motor Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for mounting a bicycle on a rear floor of an automobile such as a van type, comprising: a guided rail laid on the floor in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a carrier on which front and rear wheels of the bicycle are mounted. At the front end of the carrier body, a slider that is guided by the guide rail and that can be attached to and detached from the slide rail is attached.The front wheel mounting portion has a front wheel fixing device, and the rear end portion has a stand. A bicycle mounting device for an automobile, wherein a caster and a frame fixing stay for holding a bicycle frame are provided near the front wheel mounting portion.