Patent ID: 6679408
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B60P,B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
A rack for mounting to a vehicle comprising:a) horizontal upper and lower cross members, b) a pair of downwardly disposed mounting posts mounted on opposite ends of said upper cross member, c) at least one wheel clamp assembly mounted, at an upper end thereof, to said upper cross member and mounted at a lower end thereof to said lower cross member, wherein each wheel clamp assembly of said plurality of wheel clamp assembly includes first and second opposed facing parallel vertical clamp members defining a wheel receiving space therebetween sized for snug mating on either side of a wheel disposed between said clamp members and said cross members, and wherein said clamp members each have laterally aligned apertures therethrough sized and positioned to accommodate a lock bar of a lock journalled therethrough so that the lock bar may be inserted through the spokes of the wheel and so that a U-shaped hasp of the lock may be positioned over upper ends of said clamp members into locking engagement with the lock bar journalled through said apertures whereby the wheel is releasably locked between said clamp members.