Patent ID: 6626340
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60R,B62H,Y10S

Abstract:
A load carrier for a bicycle comprising:a load carrier frame adapted to be mounted to a transport vehicle; a bicycle support carried upon said load carrier frame, said bicycle support configured for engaging a bicycle at a position proximate a rotatable connection of a bicycle pedal crank assembly to a bicycle frame of the bicycle; a securement mechanism coupled to said load carrier frame and adapted for releasably engaging the bicycle pedal crank assembly of the bicycle for securing the bicycle upon said load carrier frame; said securement mechanism is a substantially J-shaped hook securable about the bicycle pedal crank assembly of the bicycle to be carried upon said load carrier, said J-shaped hook having a hooked end portion and a straight end portion; said substantially J-shaped hook is inserted in a hook aperture through a portion of said load carrier frame so that said hooked end portion of said J-shaped hook and said straight end portion of said J-shaped hook are on opposite sides of said load carrier frame portion at said hook aperture's location; and a resilient biasing member associated with said J-shaped hook for urging said hooked end portion toward said hook aperture.