Patent ID: 6971565
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B60R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle rack comprising: two rods each having a rack connected to a first end thereof and a clamping member connected to a second end of each of the two rods, the two clamping members facing each other, two positioning plates pivotally connected to the two rods and located close to the two clamping members; a first plate and a second plate respectively connected to the two rods and located close to the two racks, a secure device connecting the first plate and the second plate together, the secure device including a body and the first plate and the second plate are pivotally connected at a common point on a first side of the body, a locking member connected to a second side of the body and having a latch pivotally connected to and extending from a side thereof, a passage defined through the body and located in alignment with two respective apertures which are respectively defined through the first plate and the second plate, the latch extending through the passage and the two apertures, the locking member having a notch formed in the first end thereof; and a lock device connected to an end of the body and including a locking piece which is removably and rotatably engaged with the notch of the locking member to prevent the latch from being removed from the two apertures, the latch of the locking member being disengageable from the apertures of the first plate and the second plate when the locking piece of lock device is disengaged from the notch of the locking member.