NEW Patent CD for AUTOMOBILE BICYCLE CARRIER

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 8:24 am

NEW Patent CD for AUTOMOBILE BICYCLE CARRIER
Product Description
Following is a sample of the information contained on this CD: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Automobiles are at present provided with carrier frames secured over the roof or top of the automobile, adapted to receive various kinds of packages or loads to be tied in place and carried on the top of the automobile. There are special frames also provided to carry bicycles on the roof of an automobile, as exemplified for instance in United States patents issued to Wheaton, U.S. Pat. No. 3,137,422 in which the bicycle is rested in a horizontal position and Yuda U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,204,839 and 3,260,429 in which the frame of the bicycle is clamped in a complex structure, but previous structures of such bicycle carriers had shortcomings, particularly the necessity for multiple clamping of each individual bicycle and the need for complicated mountings and cushionings, which, evidently, substantially prevented their widespread acceptance and use. In other types of prior art automobile bicycle carriers were adapted to mount a bicycle on the bumper of the automobile which exposed the bicycles to damage, or the bicycle, if mounted on the rear bumper, interfered with the rear vision of the driver and blocked access to the trunk of the car, and such prior carriers accommodated only a maximum of two bicycles on the bumper. The primary object of the invention is to provide an automobile bicycle carrier in which up to six bicycles may be easily and safely transported by an automobile. Another object of the invention is to provide an automobile bicycle carrier in which several bicycles can be individually and quickly deposited and fastened in position by holding the lower portions of the wheels of the bicycle tightly, maintaining the bicycle in upright position, and wherein the sections for holding several bicycles are detachably united so that the bicycle can be placed upon the usual carrier frame on the top of the automobile section by section and then the sections
NEW Patent CD for AUTOMOBILE BICYCLE CARRIER