| CPC B60R 9/10 (2013.01) [B60R 9/02 (2013.01); B62H 3/02 (2013.01); B62H 3/08 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A bicycle rack comprising: a base plate assembly and a tire cradle, wherein,
said base plate assembly comprises: a top plate; a side plate; a front plate; and a bottom plate,
said top plate is a rigid planar L-shaped horizontal member or sheet of material with a plane, a front edge, a first rear edge, a second rear edge, an outer edge, a first inner edge, a second inner edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis,
said side plate is a rigid planar member or sheet of material with a plane, a front edge, a rear edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a length, a width, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis,
said front plate is a rigid planar vertical member or sheet of material with a plane, an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, a front surface, a rear surface, a length, a width, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis,
said bottom plate is a rigid planar horizontal member or sheet of material with a plane, a front edge, a rear edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a length, a width, a length, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis,
said top plate, said side plate, said front plate, and said bottom plate are connected together or formed together to yield said base plate assembly, wherein,
said longitudinal axis of said top plate, said longitudinal axis of said side plate, and said longitudinal axis of said bottom plate are parallel,
said longitudinal axis of said front plate is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said top plate, said longitudinal axis of said side plate, and said longitudinal axis of said bottom plate,
said plane of said top plate is parallel with said plane of said bottom plate,
said plane of said front plate is perpendicular to said plane of said top plate,
said outer edge of said top plate is joined with or rigidly attached to said inner edge of said side plate,
said front edge of said top plate is joined with or rigidly attached to said upper edge of said front plate,
said outer edge of said side plate is joined with or rigidly attached to said inner edge of said bottom plate,
said front edge of said side plate is joined with or rigidly attached to said outer edge of said front plate,
said plane of said top plate meets said plane of said side plate at an angle that is greater than 180 degrees and less than 270 degrees,
said front edge of said top plate is aligned with and even with said front edge of said side plate and said front surface of said front plate,
said rear edge of said top plate is aligned with and even with said rear edge of said side plate and said top plate meets said front plate at a right angle,
said top plate further comprises: a top plate forward tab, a top plate center tab, and a top plate rearward tab, wherein said top plate forward tab, said top plate center tab, and said top plate rearward tab are used to attached to a bed of a pickup truck,
said tire cradle is a rigid concave upward shaped elongated horizontal member,
said tire cradle is a trough, linear channel, or saddle shaped member,
said tire cradle has an upper surface, a lower surface, front end, and a rear end, a length, width, height, thickness, and longitudinal axis,
said tire cradle is rigidly attached to said bottom plate so that said longitudinal axis of said tire cradle is parallel with said longitudinal axis of said side plate and said longitudinal axis of said bottom plate, and
said lower surface of said tire cradle is rigidly attached to said upper surface of said bottom plate.
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