Patent ID: 9321406
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A bicycle rack to carry at least first and second bicycles, each of said bicycles having front and rear wheels, said bicycle rack comprising: a receiver bar adapted to be attached to a hitch at the rear of a motor vehicle; a main support bar standing upwardly from said receiver bar; an upper front wheel support coupled to and extending from said main support bar, said upper front wheel support having first and second front wheel support bars that are spaced from one another; at least first and second adjustable front wheel holders including respective first and second adjustable tire baskets attached to the first front wheel support bar of the upper front wheel support to receive therewithin and support the front wheels of the first and second bicycles at as first location around the circumference thereof; at least third and fourth adjustable front wheel holders including respective third and fourth adjustable tire baskets attached to the second front wheel support bar of the upper front wheel support to support the front wheels of the first and second bicycles at a different location around the circumference thereof; the first adjustable tire basket attached to the first front wheel support bar of said upper from wheel support lying in opposite facing alignment with and being spaced from the third adjustable tire basket attached to the second front wheel support bar of said upper front wheel support, and the second adjustable tire basket attached to the first front wheel support bar of said upper front wheel support lying in opposite facing alignment with and being spaced from the fourth adjustable tire basket attached to the second front wheel support bar of said upper front wheel support; at least one of said opposite facing first or third adjustable tire baskets attached to a corresponding one of said first or second front wheel support bars and being capable of moving towards and away from the other one of said first or third adjustable tire baskets and, at the same time, also being capable of moving towards and away from the other one of said first or second front wheel support bars to thereby adjust the spacing between said first and third adjustable tire baskets in order to receive and support the front wheel of the first bicycle having different diameters; wherein said first adjustable front wheel holder also includes a tire basket adjustment channel carried by said first adjustable tire basket and a tire basket adjustment rod located within said tire basket adjustment channel, said tire basket adjustment channel being capable of riding over and moving axially along said tire basket adjustment rod to cause the first adjustable tire basket of said first adjustable front wheel holder to move towards and away from the third adjustable tire basket lying in opposite facing alignment with and spaced from said first adjustable tire basket; at least one of said opposite facing second or fourth adjustable tire baskets attached to a corresponding one of said first or second front wheel support bars and being capable of moving towards and away from the other one of said second or fourth adjustable tire baskets and, at the same time, also being capable of moving towards and away from the other one of said first or second front wheel support bars to thereby change the spacing between said second and fourth adjustable tire baskets in order to receive and support the front wheel of the second bicycle having different diameters; and a lower rear wheel support coupled to and extending, from said main support bar below said upper front wheel support, said lower rear wheel support having at least first and second rear wheel holders adapted to receive and support the rear wheels of the first and second bicycles.