Patent ID: 8418902
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A telescopic bicycle carrier installed on a vehicle so as to be able to load a bicycle outside the vehicle, the telescopic bicycle carrier comprising: a guide rail located inside a bumper of the vehicle and fixed to an end of a body of the vehicle; a guide frame slidably installed on the guide rail along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle; a pair of expansion brackets installed on lateral sides of the guide frame and slidable toward or away from each other with respect to the guide frame in a widthwise direction of the vehicle through the guide frame; bicycle wheel fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix wheels of the loaded bicycle; and bicycle body fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix a body of the loaded bicycle, wherein the bicycle body fixtures include a first opening at an upper end and an axially extending opening along a side of the bicycle body fixture to receive a crank of the bicycle and a second opening extending radially from the first opening to receive a pedal of the bicycle; wherein the pair of expansion brackets are received inside the bumper along with the guide frame in a retracted state where the expansion brackets slide toward each other into the guide frame, and are extracted from the bumper along with the guide frame if necessary.