Patent ID: 9108574
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A rear-mounted bicycle carrying rack for a vehicle, including: a base, having a front side and a rear side, a connection between the front side and the rear side defining a first direction, the front side of the base having at least one first pivoting portion, at least one second pivoting portion formed on the rear side of the base; two supporting racks, an end of each supporting rack pivoted to the first pivoting portion, the other end of each supporting rack having a third pivoting portion, each supporting rack being swingable about a first pivoting axle around the first pivoting portion, the first pivoting axle being parallel to the first direction, the two supporting racks being swingable on the same plane, the two supporting racks being movably changing between a first state which the two supporting racks gather together and are parallel to each other and a second state which the two supporting racks split and have an included angle therebetween, when the two supporting racks are in the first state, each supporting rack is substantially vertical, when the two supporting racks are in the second state, an included angle is formed between each supporting rack and a horizontal plane; a lower prop rack, an end of the lower prop rack pivoted to the second pivoting portion so as to allow the lower prop rack to swing between a vertical position and an open position about a second pivoting axle relative to the base, the other end of the lower prop rack having a lower prop portion, when the lower prop rack is in the vertical position, the lower prop portion is above the base and vertical to the base, when the lower prop rack is in the open position, the lower prop portion is behind the second pivoting portion in a predetermined distance; two supporting arms, an end of each supporting arm pivoted to the third pivoting portion of one of the supporting racks and being swingable between a close position and an operating position, the end of each supporting arm near the third pivoting portion having a propping portion and a pushing portion, when the supporting arm is in the close position, the supporting arm is behind the supporting rack, when the supporting arm swings forward from the close position to the operating position, the supporting arm is in front of the supporting rack, and the propping portion abuts against the supporting rack so that the supporting arm extends forward and is unswingable; two upper prop racks, an end of each upper prop rack pivoted to the third pivoting portion of one of the supporting rack and being swingable between a beginning position and a passive position, the other end of each upper prop rack having an upper prop portion, when the upper prop rack is in the beginning position and the supporting arm is in the close position, the upper prop rack is located between the supporting arm and the supporting rack, when the supporting arm swings forward to make the pushing portion abut against the upper prop rack, the upper prop rack starts to be pushed by the supporting arm and swing toward the passive position, when the supporting arm is in the operating position, the upper prop rack is in the passive position and extends backward; wherein when the supporting arm is in the operating position and the upper prop rack is in the passive position, the supporting arm and the upper prop rack are nonlinearly located.