Patent ID: 11858575
Assignee: EAST MOUNTAIN OUTFITTERS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A bicycle rack, comprising:
an upper pivot bar configured to be fastened to a vertical structure in a horizontal orientation, the upper pivot bar defining one or more upper mounting points;
a lower pivot bar configured to be fastened to the vertical structure parallel to and below the upper pivot bar, the lower pivot bar defining one or more lower mounting points, the one or more lower mounting points being configured for vertical alignment with respective ones of the one or more upper mounting points; and
a bicycle support structure configured to be mounted to the upper pivot bar and the lower pivot bar and to support a bicycle to hang from the bicycle support structure, the bicycle support structure including:
a wheel hoop for receiving a bicycle front wheel;
an upper support arm coupled to the wheel hoop at a first location, the upper support arm terminating in an upper coupler configured to couple to an upper mounting point on the upper pivot bar;
a lower support arm coupled to the wheel hoop at a second location different from the first location, the lower support arm terminating in a lower coupler configured to couple to a lower mounting point on the lower pivot bar; and
an L-bracket coupled to the lower support arm and to the wheel hoop at a third location different from the first and second locations;

wherein the bicycle support structure is configured to pivot with respect to the upper and lower pivot bars;
whereby a supported bicycle is pivots with respect to a plane of the vertical structure.