Patent ID: 6948621
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B62H

Abstract:
1. A stand for use in parking a bicycle on an upwardly facing surface, wherein the bicycle has a wheel, comprising: a pair of supports, wherein each support includes a lower member and an upper member, and wherein at least one of the supports includes wheel engagement structure that defines a space configured to receive the wheel, wherein the wheel engagement structure is configured such that the space extends upwardly from the lower member of the support along a longitudinal axis oriented generally transversely to the lower member; and a hinge arrangement associated with the upper members of the supports, wherein the hinge arrangement is operable to provide movement of the supports about a pivot axis between an open, operative position and a closed, inoperative position; wherein the supports in the open operative position are arranged such that the lower members rest on the upwardly facing surface, and wherein the space defined by the wheel engagement structure extends upwardly from the lower member above the upwardly facing surface; and wherein the hinge arrangement and the upper members of the supports are configured and arranged such that the upper members engage each other when the supports are moved away from the closed, inoperative position to the open, operative position, wherein engagement of the upper members of the supports with each other maintains the supports in the open, operative position.