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

Claim 13:
14. 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; and
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, wherein the bicycle storage assemblies in the plurality are attached to the elongated central core at alternating heights relative to one another, and wherein each bicycle storage assembly in the plurality of bicycle storage assemblies includes:
a first storage assembly comprising a barricade and a wheel hook attached to the barricade, wherein the wheel hook is configured to enable a bicycle tire to hang therefrom, and wherein the barricade is configured to at least partially block access to an adjacently located bicycle storage assembly; and
a second storage assembly comprising a wheel cradle that is disposed underneath the wheel hook in the first direction such that, when the bicycle tire is attached to the wheel hook, at least a portion of the bicycle tire is simultaneously cradled by the wheel cradle, and

wherein the rotatable bicycle storage carousel is a portable unit.