US 12,269,545 B2
Self-adjusting bike rack
Don Rasmussen, Stevens Point, WI (US); and Mark William Messing, Rosholt, WI (US)
Assigned to Rudy Rack, Inc., Stevens Point, WI (US)
Filed by Rudy Rack, Inc., Stevens Point, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,334.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,739, filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192205 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B62H 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 3/04 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display rack for supporting a bicycle comprising:
a support frame having a base adapted to attach to a stationary supporting structure and holding a pivot, the pivot defining a horizontal pivot axis above the base, the support frame further having a first wheel cup positioned forward from the pivot axis to receive and engage sides of an outer periphery of a first portion of a bicycle wheel; and
a wheel trap supported by the pivot to pivot thereabout, the wheel trap extending rearwardly from the pivot to a second wheel cup for engaging sides of an outer periphery of a second portion of the bicycle wheel and the wheel trap further extending forwardly from the pivot to a treadle portion positioned between the first wheel cup and second wheel cup to receive weight of the bicycle wheel to pivot the wheel trap to move the first wheel cup and second wheel cup toward each other clamping the bicycle wheel; and
wherein the pivot provides left and right portions separated by a gap, the gap sized so that the outer periphery of the bicycle wheel can pass through the gap and across the pivot axis to a position where the outer periphery of the bicycle wheel is supported below the pivot axis.