US 12,403,969 B1
Frame rack for hanging bicycle storage and stretcher-manner of loading/unloading and bicycle ferrying in vehicles, especially through upward swinging rear doors
Jonathan A. Bay, Ozark, MO (US)
Assigned to JONATHAN ALLAN BAY, TTEE UTA 5-12-2023, Springfield, MO (US)
Filed by Jonathan A. Bay, Ozark, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,076.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,181, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Int. Cl. B60R 9/10 (2006.01); B62H 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 3/00 (2013.01) [B60R 9/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An improvement for loading/unloading and ferrying a subject bicycle in a passenger vehicle; the subject bicycle characterized by having:
handle bars and steering column,
a seat and seat post,
front and rear tires,
front and rear axles, and
a crank axle, and left and right cranks and pedals;
the improvement comprising a frame rack for stretcher-manner of loading/unloading and ferrying the subject bicycle in the passenger vehicle; said frame rack comprising:
a frame base deck for resting on a bed of a cargo compartment of the passenger vehicle;
a frame outer shelf spaced apart from the frame base deck and having a characteristic longitudinally extending length and a characteristic cross-wise extending width; and
a plurality of posts interconnecting and spacing apart the frame base deck and frame outer shelf;
wherein the frame outer shelf has a pair of side beams that are spaced and configured to support the bike, when the frame rack is resting on the bed of the cargo compartment of the passenger vehicle, by the seat/seat post and steering column to rest upon one beam, the front and rear tires upon the other beam, with the front axle, crank axle, one crank, one pedal and the rear axle are all disposed therebetween;
wherein the plurality of posts comprise a plurality of lengths wherein the frame outer shelf is contained in a frame-outer-shelf plane that is non-parallel to and forms a shallow angle slope with the base plane and whereby accordingly also with the frame base deck
wherein the one side beam of the frame outer shelf supporting the set/seat tube and steering column is the relatively higher beam when the frame rack is resting on the bed of the cargo compartment of the passenger vehicle, whereby, during over-the-road travel, the bike is jostled enough that the bike tends to migrate down the slope, but the seat and port handle bar eventually ground out on this one side beam of the frame outer shelf and stop that migration.