Patent ID: 11891148
Assignee: MEDTECH ANALYTICS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 28:
29. A carrier assembly mountable to rails of a saddle of a bicycle, the carrier assembly comprising:
a mounting assembly comprising:
a drive handle rotatable about an axis; and
a ratcheting rack-and-gear system comprising:
a gear mechanically interconnected with said drive handle such that rotation of said drive handle about the axis drives said gear to rotate; and
a pair of racks positioned on opposite sides of said gear and mechanically interconnected therewith to be driven to move in opposite directions when driven by rotation of said gear; and
a pair of opposed jaws each defining a socket dimensioned to receive a respective one of a pair of spaced rails of the saddle to secure said mounting assembly thereto, each of said pair of opposed jaws being joined to a respective one of said pair of racks, each of said pair of opposed jaws extending outwardly from a plane of said gear and said pair of racks in a direction of the axis;

at least one payload support joined to said mounting assembly, said at least one payload support defining a mounting structure; and
at least one payload carrier attachment, said at least one payload carrier attachment defining a mating mounting structure complementary to said mounting structure of said at least one payload support, said mating mounting structure being selectively mountable and demountable from said mounting structure in tool-free fashion.