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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5036986 | Bicycle stand This invention relates to an improved, low profile, lightweight, durable, expandable bicycle stand, which holds one or more bicycles, having a wide variety of tire sizes, securely in an upright position. The device of the invention provides one or more op... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5025932 | Secure bicycle rack and carrier A bicycle rack for securing a bicycle against theft and/or for transporting comprises a base support member, an elongated vertically extending post member secured at a lower end to said base member and extending upwardly therefrom to a top end above the c... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4971237 | Rotatable spare tire holding apparatus A spare tire holding apparatus has an arch-like frame and an attached bracket for supporting a tire and wheel thereon. The frame extremities are rotatably mounted on one end of a pair of couplings which in turn have the opposite ends connected to spaced e... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4840278 | Ceiling rack A ceiling rack which comprises a preferably T-shaped attachment member carrying usually one or more pairs of elongated support members is useful for the uncluttered storage of a variety of articles which hang from the rack in an easily removable way. The ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4802594 | Bicycle support stand A bicycle support stand for supporting a bicycle by engagement with a wheel of the bicycle. The stand includes a base frame having cross frame members and longitudinal frame members extending between the cross frame members and spaced apart to receive a b... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4629104 | Bicycle rack designed for attachment to the luggage carrier of a vehicle A bicycle rack for holding a bicycle in an upright position and designed to be attached to the luggage carrier on a motor vehicle. The rack includes a frame bracket with a jaw with an upwardly facing jaw which receives the crank assembly housing of the bi... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4473427 | Radial tire manufacture apparatus A radial tire forming apparatus wherein a first stage forming arrangement comprising a carcass band forming drum, green case forming drum and band transfer, and a second stage forming arrangement comprising a belt-tread structure forming drum, raw tire fo... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4465196 | Bicycle rack A bicycle rack for three-point support of a bicycle wheel. A base, mounted on a rigid support, carries two spaced apart pairs of outwardly diverging, inwardly converging tire wedging members. Between them is a gripping assembly that engages and holds in p... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4452384 | Foldable bicycle support device A foldable bicycle support device including an elongated channel for receiving the wheels of a bicycle, a mounting bracket attached to the channel, an elongated bicycle support member swingably mounted on the bracket for movement between a folded position... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4442961 | Load carrier A vehicle load carrying device including a primary load carrying structure for carrying general type loads such as luggage and the like, above a vehicle surface, such as a hood or roof, and a bicycle carrier which can be removably assembled with the prima... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4437597 | Mounting apparatus for a dirt bike Mounting apparatus for a vehicle with wheels having tires thereon, includes support means including a tire-engaging securing member for preventing vehicle movement in a first direction by engagement with one of the tires, and apparatus for preventing vehi... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4386709 | Bicycle support device A bicycle support device including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle mounted in relatively parallel relation on a pair of cross frame members and having bicycle support members swingably mounted on the lower ends of... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4371082 | Bicycle rack A bicycle rack designed to support and lock a bicycle by the bicycle's front center post. Support and lock brackets for individual bicycles are horizontally disposed fork arrangements formed by two joined U-shaped members. Oppositely extending locking bra... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4345705 | Automobile attached carrier A vehicle attached bicycle carrier including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle mounted in relatively parallel relation on a pair of cross frame members and having bicycle support members swingably mounted on the low... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4316544 | Inclined bicycle storage rack employing channel with midpoint frame shackle A bicycle rack including a forwardly inclined framework having an upper front wheel receiver and a lower rear wheel receiver, and a shackle carried by the framework for releasable retaining engagement with the frame of a bicycle having its wheels in the w... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4306826 | Lift for use in processing buffed tires A lift for use in such buffed tire processing operations as inspection, repair and cementing thereof has a carriage supported by a vertical post so as to be moved as by a ram between a lower inoperative position and an upper operative position. A pair of ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4306660 | Bicycle stand A bicycle stand or rack is of either open framework or solid construction and has a vertically inclined hub support surface for supporting a bicycle by leaning a projecting hub portion of one wheel against such surface. Portions of the stand provide stops... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4269049 | Wheel lock A locking mechanism for effectuating locking of a wheel includes at least one rotatable arcuate jaw which is in opposition to an opposed jaw. Contact by the wheel with the rotatable jaw causes the rotation thereof into mating interengagement with the oppo... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4153497 | Device for the recapping of tires A device for simultaneously supporting a tire which is to be recapped and for applying hermetically against the sidewalls of said tire a flexible sheathing which is connected to a source of vacuum comprises support means for supporting the tire by its bea... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4050583 | Bicycle stand A bicycle stand separate from the bicycle that may be formed either generally as a single-piece body or as a composite body, for one or a plurality of bicycles, from a variety of suitable materials, such as cast concrete, for example, for use either above... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4047614 | Bicycle rack A bicycle rack comprising one or more standard wheel-retaining modules arranged in multiples of any desired number and configuration on a suitable support, e.g., radial or horizontal, so as to provide maximum bicycle parking facility for a given outdoor o... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4039106 | Automobile bicycle carrier An automobile bicycle carrier including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle and mounted in relatively parallel relation on a pair of cross-frame members and having a pair of bicycle support members mounted at their lo... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4033459 | Modular bicycle rack A stand for bicycles or other two wheel vehicles includes a base unit with two staggered wheel supporting cradles and a plurality of add-on units. Vertical uprights for each cradle define spaces or slots for the front wheels of two bicycles extending in o... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3994425 | Automobile bicycle carrier An automobile bicycle carrier of the type including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle and a support frame for mounting the channels in spaced parallel relation on a vehicle and for engaging the frames of the bicycle... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3964699 | Device to hang a bicycle on an airplane wing A device for hanging a bicycle in an inverted position beneath the wing of an aircraft characterized by a mounting structure attached to the wing and supporting a pair of spaced brackets which receive and entrap the wheels of the bicycle. The mounting str... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3942646 | Bicycle stand An elongated, cast concrete block including a top, bottom, two ends and two sides has a median, vertical, longitudinal slot formed therein for the retention of a bicycle wheel. A locking channel extends through the block from an opening on one end of the ... | 03/09/1976 |
