US 12,221,073 B2
Rack or cross-bar mounted support structure for bicycles and/or other accessories
William H. Kiefer, IV, Elizabethtown, PA (US); and Nathan T. Sutherland, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Assigned to N.B. ADVENTURES LLC, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Filed by N.B. Adventures LLC, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,893.
Application 17/579,893 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/522,893, filed on Nov. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,891,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,647, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324392 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 9/10 (2006.01); B60R 9/048 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 9/10 (2013.01) [B60R 9/048 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for supporting bicycles or other accessories on vehicles, comprising:
a) at least one rack or cross-bar mountable support member having a top wall with a length of between about 2 inches to 24 inches and a width of between about 1 inch to 6 inches;
b) said top wall having an over-hang section configured to extend over at least a portion of a top surface of a rack or cross-bar, a top surface of said top wall extending not more than 1/3 inch higher than the top surface of said rack or cross-bar such as to be substantially flush with the top surface of said rack or cross-bar; and
c) said over-hang section having at least one through-hole for receiving a bolt or other connecting member that is fixable to the rack or cross-bar,
wherein said at least one rack or cross-bar mountable support member includes a plurality of rack or cross-bar mountable support members, and
wherein said plurality of rack or cross-bar mountable support members include support members having different lengths.