Patent ID: 9440777
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B60R,B65D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A bicycle wheel anchor for securing differently sized bicycle wheels on a load carrier, the bicycle wheel anchor comprising: a bicycle wheel receiver configured to accept bicycle wheels of different sizes; an elongate wheel securement strap having a tongue portion, configured to be secured in a releasable strap fastener, and spaced apart from a tail portion that is located on an opposite side of an intermediate extension portion of the strap, the tail portion comprising a catch configured to be anchored at different locations on the bicycle wheel anchor in a plurality of variously located catch-traps on the bicycle wheel anchor; and a first catch-trap positioned a distance away from a second catch-trap so that a different length of the strap is available for extension about the wheel receiver in a first installed configuration of the strap in which the catch of the tail portion of the strap is anchored in the first catch-trap while the tongue portion is secured in the releasable strap fastener than in a second installed configuration of the strap in which the catch of the tail portion of the strap is anchored in the second catch-trap while the tongue portion is secured in the releasable strap fastener, wherein at least one of the first or second catch-traps is located on a lower portion of the wheel anchor and both the first and second catch-traps are located on the wheel anchor at a position lower than the bicycle wheel receiver.