Patent ID: 8025196
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bicycle carrier rack for mounting to a vehicle, said rack having an arm extending away from said vehicle for carrying a bicycle, said arm comprising an attachment member on an underside of said arm having a locking portion suspended a distance from said arm and extending in the same longitudinal direction of said arm; an anti-sway member removably attachable to said locking portion of said member, said anti-sway member having a contact portion for abutting against a bicycle installed in said bicycle carrier and an attachment portion on one end of said anti-sway member, said anti-sway member having an engaged position wherein said anti-sway member prevents sway of said bicycle; said attachment portion enclosing a central aperture and having an opening in a side of said attachment portion to said central aperture; said locking portion being sized to receive said opening of said anti-sway member when said anti-sway member is in a non-engaged position, and wherein said locking portion is sized to prevent passage through said opening when anti-sway member is in said engaged position, said anti-sway member being rotatable between said engaged and non-engaged positions.