Patent ID: 9340165
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A foldable bicycle carrier mountable on a vehicle for transporting of one or more bicycles, said foldable bicycle carrier comprising: a bicycle carrier having a plurality of positioning areas each configured to retain at least one wheel of a first bicycle, said positioning areas are pivotable around at least one pivoting axis, said first bicycle carrier is foldable to a folded state having a first folded size; and an extension set having at least one first extension set positioning area detachably applied to said bicycle carrier and configured to retain at least one wheel of a second bicycle, and at least one second extension set position area detachably applied to said bicycle carrier and configured to retain at least one additional wheel of said second bicycle, said second extension set positioning area being separated from said first extension set positioning area, said first and second extension set positioning areas are detachably applied at a collapsible area of said bicycle carrier and are pivotable forwards and backwards in direction of said positioning areas of said bicycle carrier, respectively; wherein said bicycle carrier and said extension set are configured to be folded down from said folded state to an unfolded state having a second folded size; wherein said first and second extension set positioning areas are each pivotable in and out, in which said bicycle carrier is usable in a pivoted in state and in a pivoted out state, and said first and second extension set positioning areas are each fixed in said pivoted in state and in said pivoted out state, respectively; wherein said first and second extension set positioning areas each has a pivotable bearing presenting a first bearing place and a second bearing place, an element is pivotably supported in both said first and second bearing place depending on a relative position and is configured to tension a corresponding part of said extension set with said bicycle carrier in said pivoted in state, tension said corresponding part of said extension set with said bicycle carrier in said pivoted out state as well as pivoting said corresponding part of said extension set with respect to said bicycle carrier, said first and second bearing place being off-center towards each other.