141 |
FREE-STANDING STORAGE RACK FOR ONE OR MORE BICYCLES |
US14022849 |
2013-09-10 |
US20150068994A1 |
2015-03-12 |
David Kerman |
The present disclosure provides an aesthetically pleasing, functional, versatile solution to the problems associated with bicycle storage. The free-standing bicycle rack includes a base having at least two legs, a vertical support member projecting from the base, and a hook attached to the vertical support member for holding the wheel of a bicycle, such that the bicycle is stored in a vertical orientation. The bicycle rack is readily expandable to accommodate different numbers of bicycles, and the hook may be repositioned to different heights to accommodate bicycles of different sizes. |
142 |
Horizontal frame storage system |
US13929194 |
2013-06-27 |
US08931648B1 |
2015-01-13 |
Steven Tam |
A horizontal frame support assembly allows a user to raise a frame with an irregular shape from a surface. The horizontal frame support assembly comprises a hub section mechanically coupled to a plurality of arms where each arm is attached to a frame support. Each frame support is configured to receive a portion of the frame with the irregular shape and has sufficient height to lift the frame from the surface. |
143 |
REMOTE STORAGE SYSTEM |
US14341161 |
2014-07-25 |
US20140341683A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Adrian Min Yan LEE |
A remote storage system for items includes contact areas at different locations for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the contact areas, and transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the contact areas and one or more conveying vehicles for transporting the items to and from the storage area, wherein the transportation vehicles circulate between the contact areas so that each of the contact areas exists for a discrete time period dependent on the arrival of a transportation vehicle. |
144 |
BICYCLE CONTAINMENT APPARATUS |
US14255226 |
2014-04-17 |
US20140311996A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Thad V. Oviatt |
A bicycle containment system is disclosed. The system can include one or more vertical supports, one or more cantilevered crossbars pivotally connected to one or more vertical supports, one or more wheel locking mechanisms, and a control system. Each cantilevered crossbar can include two substantially parallel extending arms and a frame locking mechanism. The frame locking mechanism can be made up of one or more frame locking bars and one or more frame locking actuators. Each wheel locking mechanism can include a wheel locking bar and a wheel locking actuator. The locking mechanism control system can be configured to actuate the frame locking actuators and the wheel locking actuators. |
145 |
BICYCLE RACK |
US13842248 |
2013-03-15 |
US20140076946A1 |
2014-03-20 |
Kyle Ressler; Jill Mohr; John Petersen |
A bicycle rack is configured to support a bicycle in either a substantially horizontal orientation or in an upright, substantially vertical orientation. The bicycle rack includes pivotally and slidably coupled first and second frame members, and three support assemblies. Each support assembly includes a first support member defining a generally upwardly facing bicycle support surface, and a second support member. The first support members are height adjustable to vary a height of the bicycle support surfaces above the plane, and to provide a three-point bicycle support platform configured to support a bicycle in a substantially horizontal orientation. Each second support member includes a releasable clamp member for supporting a bicycle in an upright, substantially vertical orientation. |
146 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED SHOPPING CART CORRALS |
US14043687 |
2013-10-01 |
US20140040033A1 |
2014-02-06 |
Harold Lueken |
Certain embodiments disclose a corral and enclosure defined by three members having an opening configured to hold one or more shopping carts and display one or more advertisements, with two substantially parallel walls of equal or different lengths and advertisement panels affixed on the walls, such that they can be staggered. The staggered arrangement of the at least two panels facilitates better visibility and allows the simultaneous viewing of at least two panels. The panel(s) may also include a near field communication component that is configured to execute a promotional function associated with an advertisement that is displayed by the corral. The promotional function may cause promotional content to be transferred to the mobile device. |
147 |
BICYCLE RACK |
US13783203 |
2013-03-01 |
US20130228535A1 |
2013-09-05 |
ERIK DAVID WOOD; PAUL RAYMOND GRAHAM |
A bicycle parking system that includes a compartment for storing items. The compartment for storing items may have an opening for receiving the items. The compartment may be secured, and the items enclosed therein, by parking and securing a bicycle into a bicycle receiving space. |
148 |
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARKING A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE UPRIGHT |
US13696639 |
2010-08-11 |
US20130099463A1 |
2013-04-25 |
Benny Tobie |
In one aspect the present invention is directed to a device for parking a first two-wheeled vehicle (10) upright, the device comprising: a connector (2), for connecting, during the parking, the first two-wheeled vehicle (10) to a side member selected from a group including: a second two-wheeled vehicle (32), another object (32a); wherein the supporting point (4) of the side member being disposed above the ground level. |
149 |
Motorcycle Support |
US13552481 |
2012-07-18 |
US20130015150A1 |
2013-01-17 |
Sérgio Bruno de Oliveira Tavares; José Ricardo Goncalves Correia de Castro |
A portable, lightweight collapsible motorcycle stand and method of use is presented. The motorcycle stand comprises a platform, two support members rotatably affixed to opposite outer edges of the platform, and a shelf for storing tools and the like. The shelf reversible affixes to cross bars located on the two support members. The shelf is removable, thereby enabling collapsing of the motorcycle stand. The shelf is secure to the collapsed stand via shelf hooks and the entire apparatus is lock into a collapsed position through use of a cross bar hook. Alternate embodiments and their method of use are provided as well. |
150 |
Motorcycle support |
US12378219 |
2009-02-12 |
US08291841B2 |
2012-10-23 |
José Ricardo Gonçalves Correia de Castro; Sérgio Bruno de Oliveira Tavares |
A portable, lightweight collapsible motorcycle stand and method of use is presented. The motorcycle stand comprises a platform, two support members rotatably affixed to opposite outer edges of the platform, and a shelf for storing tools and the like. The shelf reversible affixes to cross bars located on the two support members. The shelf is removable, thereby enabling collapsing of the motorcycle stand. The shelf is secure to the collapsed stand via shelf hooks and the entire apparatus is lock into a collapsed position through use of a cross bar hook. Alternate embodiments and their method of use are provided as well. |
151 |
Vehicle Management System |
US13009853 |
2011-01-20 |
US20120143401A1 |
2012-06-07 |
Suryaprasad Jayadevappa; Haseeb Arfath Syed; Srinidhi Sridhar |
A method and system for managing vehicles within a boundary is provided. Boundary units positioned at predetermined locations in a managing area define a boundary, within which multiple docking stations that secure the vehicles are positioned. Each docking station comprises a client component and a locking unit. The client component, in communication with a central server, allocates a vehicle to a user based on allocation criteria. The locking unit unlocks the allocated vehicle from a docking station. Each vehicle comprises a vehicle control unit, in communication with the boundary units, for determining proximity of the allocated vehicle to the defined boundary, and for restricting movement of the allocated vehicle when the allocated vehicle is in close proximity to the defined boundary. The central server, in communication with the boundary units, determines location of the allocated vehicle, when the allocated vehicle is in close proximity to and breaches the defined boundary. |
152 |
BICYCLE PARKING APPARATUS |
US13387874 |
2010-05-11 |
US20120128453A1 |
2012-05-24 |
Kyu Seul Lee; Seong Pyo Lee |
The invention relates to a bicycle parking apparatus. The disclosed bicycle parking apparatus comprises: a rotational driving member providing driving power; a rotating storage unit consisting of multiple levels, rotated by the driving power from the rotational driving member, and partitioned so as to store bicycles in a radial configuration; an elevating unit, provided at a peripheral side of the rotating storage unit, for raising and lowering loaded bicycles; and a loading/unloading unit, provided at the elevating unit, for grasping and loading a bicycle from the outside onto the elevating unit or unloading a bicycle from the elevating unit to the outside. |
153 |
INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC AUTOCYCLE CHARGER INCLUDING THE INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS |
US13261001 |
2010-05-12 |
US20120119697A1 |
2012-05-17 |
John Talbot Boys; Grant Anthony Covic |
The invention provides an electric autocycle support apparatus comprising an autocycle engagement device adapted to support an autocycle, the engagement device having a coil adapted to provide a magnetic field for inductively charging an autocycle supported by the apparatus. The invention also provides an electric autocycle stand and a charging system. |
154 |
Motorcycle side kickstand dolly |
US12580793 |
2009-10-16 |
US08052159B2 |
2011-11-08 |
Tung Ming Chen |
A motorcycle side kickstand dolly used with one or two conventional wheel dollies that allows a medium to large motorcycle to be mounted easily on the dollies and moved easily to any desired position on a horizontal surface. The motorcycle side kickstand dolly in accordance with the present invention comprises an H-frame support panel, a side kickstand brace and four wheels. The H-frame support panel comprises a low-slung panel and four protrusions. The low-slung panel has four corners. The protrusions are formed respectively on the corners and protrude up and out from the corners. The side kickstand brace is mounted on the low-slung panel between two adjacent protrusions and has an upper edge, a recess and a strengthening lip. The recess is formed downward from the upper edge. The strengthening lip is formed on and protrudes transversely from the upper edge. The wheels are mounted rotatably respectively under the protrusions. |
155 |
FREE-STANDING STORAGE RACK FOR ONE OR MORE BICYCLES |
US12986508 |
2011-01-07 |
US20110240572A1 |
2011-10-06 |
David Kerman |
The present disclosure provides an aesthetically pleasing, functional, versatile solution to the problems associated with bicycle storage. The free-standing bicycle rack includes a base having at least two legs, a vertical support member projecting from the base, and a hook attached to the vertical support member for holding the wheel of a bicycle, such that the bicycle is stored in a vertical orientation. The bicycle rack is readily expandable to accommodate different numbers of bicycles, and the hook may be repositioned to different heights to accommodate bicycles of different sizes. |
156 |
AUTOMATIC BIKE LOCKING CHARGING MACHINE |
US12783000 |
2010-05-19 |
US20110179837A1 |
2011-07-28 |
Hung-Ju CHEN |
An automatic bike locking charging machine is provided. By operating a control member and a slot of a panel, a control circuit board drives a control unit to open or close a swing rod connected with a rotary rod of a decelerating device with respect to a casing, such that the frame of a bike is restrained between a hooking rod of the casing and the swing rod of the rotary rod of the decelerating device to park the bike and to provide an anti-theft function. |
157 |
Security shelter for small personal transportation vehicles |
US12337282 |
2008-12-17 |
US07966774B2 |
2011-06-28 |
Harry E. Kea, Jr.; David B. Kea; Scott Kea; George B. Waites, Jr. |
The invention is for an improved security shelter for small personal transportation vehicles. The invention features lockable, weatherproof storage for such vehicles as motorcycles, bicycles, four wheelers, and Segways®. It is lightweight and can be efficiently manufactured. Vents are optimally located to allow the release of vapor and heat. A lid is hinged to the top such that it can be easily raised or lowered by the user for the purpose of parking a vehicle. Moreover, strategic placement of structural molded ridges and structural flanges in the various components of the invention adds to the overall stability and rigidity of the apparatus. |
158 |
Parking Device for Bicycle |
US12534230 |
2009-08-03 |
US20100178140A1 |
2010-07-15 |
Chih-Hsiang Chang |
A parking device for a bicycle includes a main control unit (11), a parking unit (12) mounted on the main control unit, and a locking member (13) movably mounted in the main control unit and extending into the parking unit. Thus, the parking device can lock the bicycle (20) so as to provide a burglarproof effect. In addition, the bicycle is locked by the parking device so that the user needs not to carry a lock to prevent from causing a burden to the user. Further, the parking device locks the bicycle easily and quickly to facilitate the user locking and unlocking the bicycle. |
159 |
MODULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BICYCLES |
US12392727 |
2009-02-25 |
US20090301976A1 |
2009-12-10 |
Alain AYOTTE; Michel Dallaire; Charles Ibrahim Khairallah |
A modular system for providing bicycles at a given location according to a desired configuration, the system comprising at least one bicycle rack for storing a bicycle, each bicycle rack comprising an electronic lock for removably securing a corresponding bicycle thereto, each bicycle rack further comprising a corresponding attaching means having an electrical connector operatively coupled to the electronic lock, an energy providing means for providing energy to each electronic lock, the energy providing means comprising a corresponding attaching means having a connector operatively coupled thereto and a structure to be installed at the given location, the structure comprising an elongated base, a plurality of spaced-apart receiving means located on the base, each of the spaced-apart receiving means being adapted for receiving a selected attaching means from the at least one bicycle rack and the energy providing means according to the desired configuration and an electric network interconnecting each of the spaced-apart receiving means to thereby provide a modular system for providing bicycles. |
160 |
PORTABLE BIKE CARRIER |
US12111577 |
2008-04-29 |
US20090266773A1 |
2009-10-29 |
JEREMY JANECZKO |
A portable bike carrying device for transportation of bikes inside a vehicle is disclosed. The device includes a scalloped platform, a metal casted skewer mount containing a quick release bolt, nuts and washers and Velcro hook to insure grip to vehicle carpet. The bike carrier is equipped on the back of the vehicle by folding down the seat. The bike is mounted on the platform in an upright position and the front fork of the bicycle is attached to the skewer mount and tightened down for securing the bike during travel. The paddle design includes a handle for easily and quickly removing and storing the carrier. The platform may have various shapes and sizes such as paddle, disc or other shapes and is manufactured of wood and/or plastic. |