Patent ID: 6988645
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An anti-sway stabilizer for pivotally connecting to a support arm of a vehicle bike transportation rack, providing attachment for a bicycle top tube in conjunction with a seat tube or a down tube to prevent a bicycle held on the rack from swaying to and fro when subjected to over the road vehicle movement, comprising, a rubber bike separator cradle having a bore therethrougth, configured to slide over a vehicle bike rack support arm, further, said separator cradle having a thru-hole parallel with the bore, a pivoting stabilizer member rotatably attached to the bike separator cradle utilizing the thru-hole, such that the separator cradle and pivoting stabilizer combination precludes lateral movement along a vehicle bike rack support arm, said pivoting stabilizer member further comprising an integrally formed radial yoke having a pair of aligned round openings therethrougth with said yoke sized to fit tightly over the bike separator cradle with the round openings aligning with the thru-hole in the cradle, wherein, said yoke is narrower than the separator cradle width, creating an interference fit permitted by resilience of the separator cradle allowing the stabilizer member to rotate under resistance therefore maintaining its position under compression, wherein said stabilizer member is pivotally attached to said separator cradle with a capscrew and nut disposed within the thru-hole in separator cradle and the aligned round openings in said stabilizer member, wherein said nut is captivated in said yoke and said capscrew is the socket head type, and attaching means for securing a bicycle top tube to the bike separator cradle, also attaching means for securing to a bicycle seat tube or down tube to the stabilizer member.