Bicycle transporting systems

摘要

These systems allow transporting a bicycle on a vehicle. The bicycle may have two wheels, a front wheel and a rear wheel, each wheel having spokes or other passage between the wheel's tire and the wheel's axle, and a hinge to allow steering between the front wheel and the rear wheel. The system includes a front and rear wheel-suspender to suspend the front and rear wheel by passing through the spokes to allow the front wheel to hang on the front wheel-suspender. The system includes a support to support the front wheel-suspender and the rear wheel-suspender separated by a span sufficient to allow suspension of the bicycle while the front wheel and rear wheel remain operably attached to the bicycle. The system includes a mount to mount the support to the vehicle. Also disclosed is a system for hitching together frames to expand the number of bicycles that may be transported by the system.

主权项

1. A system to transport at least one bicycle on a vehicle, where the bicycle has two wheels, a front wheel and a rear wheel, each wheel having at least one passage between the wheel's tire and the wheel's axle, connected to a bike frame with at least one hinge to allow steering between the front wheel and the rear wheel, the system comprising:
at least one support; wherein the at least one support comprises at least one pair of arms separated by a span sufficient to allow suspension of the bicycle while the front wheel and rear wheel remain operably attached to the bicycle; at least one wheel-suspender at the distal end of each arm to support the wheels by passing through the passage between the tires and the wheels' axle to allow the wheel to hang on the wheel-suspender; wherein the distal end of the arms widens to abut the wheels to brace the wheels to limit the rotation of the stem and headset; and at least one mount to mount the support to the vehicle.