Patent ID: 11945532
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A rotatable bicycle storage carousel structured to rotate about a central axis to provide for a dense storage of bicycles that are stored on the rotatable bicycle storage carousel in a generally vertical orientation, said rotatable bicycle storage carousel comprising:
an elongated central core oriented in a first direction that is orthogonal relative to a plane defined by a base structure of the rotatable bicycle storage carousel, wherein the elongated central core is rotatable relative to the base structure;
a plurality of bicycle storage assemblies, wherein:
each bicycle storage assembly in the plurality of bicycle storage assemblies is attached to the elongated central core such that the plurality of bicycle storage assemblies are rotatable with the elongated central core, and
each bicycle storage assembly in the plurality of bicycle storage assemblies stacks a respective bicycle generally in parallel with the first direction;

a damping member structured to dampen a rotational velocity of the elongated central core when the rotatable bicycle storage carousel is rotated; and
a stop position unit structured to cause the elongated central core to stop at one of a plurality of available stop positions, wherein a number of the stop positions is equal to a number of bicycle storage assemblies in the plurality of bicycle storage assemblies.