A LOCKABLE HOLDER FOR BICYCLE STAND

Abstract: By a lockable holder (2) for a bicycle stand and comprising a projecting holder part (14) which is adapted to receive a por­ tion (6) of a bicycle and which comprises cooperating holding and locking means (16, 18) being adapted to grasp and/or to lock the bicycle portion (6) to the holder part (14) which comprises activating means which by insertion of the bicycle portion (6) in the holder part (14) is adapted to influence the holding means (16) to grasp the bicycle portion (6), con­ sist the locking means of a locking part (10) which including eye means (18) is pivotally arranged in the holder part (14) to take up a locking position, in which the bicycle portion (6) being grasped in the holder part (14) by means of the hol­ ding means (16), and in which the locking part may be fixed in relation to the holder part (14) by insertion into the eye means either a locking pawl of a lock connected with the hol­ der part or a locking hoop of la loose padloch, said eye means being such adapted that the locking pawl of the locking hoop - in spite of that the lock in question is activated - may be removed from the eye means, if the locking part is allowed to turn in the holder part (14), that is if the bicycle portion (6) is not placed in the holder part (14). Hereby is obtained an improved bicycle holder by which the problems regarding unauthorized "privatizing" of the bicycle stand in a simple manner may be avoided.

Description: The present invention relates to a lockable holder for a bicycle stand and comprising a projecting holder part which is adapted to receive a portion of a bicycle and which comprises cooperating holding and locking means being adapted to grasp and/or to lock the bicycle portion to the holder. In connection with stationary bicycle stands several embodiments of lockable holders are known, where a portion of a bicycle may be locked to the holder by means of a lock which belongs to the bicycle stand or by means of a loose lock, for example a wire lock or a padlock which is brought along by the cyclist. Particularly, in the latter case that disadvantage often occurs that the holder may be locked by individual cyclists - also when the holder is not in use - that is to say that public bicycle stands in this way may be "privatized" by blocking the individual holders by means of loose brought along locks which means that the capacity particularly of public bicycle stand installations may be unacceptably limited. The invention has for its purpose to provide a lockable holder for bicycle stands and by means of which among other things the said disadvantage by simple arrangements may be relieved. According to the invention the holder is characterized in that the locking means consist of a locking part cooperating with the holder part, said locking part including eye means being pivotally arranged in the holder part, whereby the locking part by said insertion of the bicycle portion in the holder part being adapted to take up a locking position, in which the bicycle portion being grasped in the holder part by means of the holding means, and in which the locking part may be fixed to the holder part by insertion into the eye means either a locking pawl of a lock connected with the holder part or a locking hoop of a loose padlock, said eye means being such adapted that the locking pawl or the locking hoop - in spite of that the lock in question is activated - may be removed from the eye means, if the locking part is allowed to turn in the holder part, that is if the bicycle portion is not placed in the holder part. By simple provisons is herby obtained an improved holder of the introductory mentioned type, by means of which the above-mentioned problems regarding the unauthorized "privatizing" of the bicycle stand in a simple manner may be avoided. Because, the holder may only be effectively locked by means of the stationary lock or by means of a brought along lock, if the bicycle portion is correctly placed in the holder part, since otherwise the pivotally locking part may be turned in such a way that the locking pawl or the locking hoop may be sidewardly removed from a partly open locking eye of the locking part, if the bicycle portion is not placed in the holder part, that is to say if this is empty. As the holder according to the invention is preferably adapted to cooperate with a bicycle in the form of the handlebars thereof, the holder part is shaped - as known per see - with a double fork-like configuration comprising at opposite sides of a central cavity two fork parts at least one of which being provided with said holding and locking means in the form of a locking part which is pivotally mounted on an approximate horizontal axis and which consists of a lower preferable curved holding part and an upper locking part with an eye portion provided with a side opening, said locking part is adapted to be swung between an open position, in which the holding part is hanging down from the holder part allowing the handlebars of a bicycle to be inserted therein, a locking position, in which the holding part grasping the handlebars and the eye portion projects from the holder part through a side slit thereof and is available for receiving a locking pin or hook, and a further position, in which the eye portion - because the holder part is empty - is swung further outwards and the side opening thereof is uncovered. In the following the invention is described in more details with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:- Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a holder according to the invention, Fig. 2 a sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 1 - seen along the sectional line II-II in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a side view of another embodiment of a holder according to the invention, Fig. 4 a sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 3 - seen along the sectional line IV-IV in Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a side view of a further embodiment of a holder according to the invention, Fig. 6 a sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 5 - seen along the sectional line VI-VI in Fig. 5, Fig. 7 a side view of a still further embodiment of a holder according to the invention, Fig. 8 a sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 7 - seen along the sectional line VIII-VIII in Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 a side view of an alternative embodiment of a holder according to the invention. The bicycle holder or holder 2 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is as indicated adapted to be fastened at a free end of a tubular arm member 4, which in a known manner is svingably connected to a horizontal bicycle stand beam (not shown), so that the bicycle holder 2 may be lifted up for placing the handlebars 6 under the holder 2 which then is swung downwarly over the handlebars 6 so that a cental cavity 8 is placed at the centre of the handlebars 6, that is to say that the bicycle holder 2 grasps the handlebars 6 as shown in Fig. 2. The bicycle holder 2 is - as shown to the right of Fig. 1 - provided with a locking part 10 being pivotally mounted on a swing axis 12 and which when the handlebars 6 is not inserted between holding forks 14 of the holder 2 would be swung downwards in such a manner that a lower part 16 of the lock part 10 is placed hanging down under the swing axis 12. By leading down the holder 2 over the handlebars 6, this will influenced by an eye portion 18 of the locking part 10 swing this upwards to the position shown in Fig. 2, where the eye portion 18 projects through a side slit 20 of the holder part 14, so that the handlebars 6 may be locked to the holder by means of a padlock, the locking hoop of which is led through that part of the eye portion 18 projecting from the side slit 20. However, the eye portion 18 is provided with a side opening 22 so that the locking hoop of a padlock may be removed therefrom through the side opening 22, when the handlebars 6 are not placed between the holding forks 14 of the holder, because the eye portion 18 of the locking part 10 in that case may be swung further out through the side slit 20, so that the side opening 22 is uncovered for sidewards removal of the locking hoop. In others words the holder 2 may not be blocked for later use, that is to say that the holder 2 is ensured agains socalled "privatizing". The bicycle holder 24 shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is adapted to grasp the handlebars at one side of the centre thereof, while a sidewards projecting hoop 26 is adapted to grasp the handlebars opposite to the centre thereof. The hoop 26, which also comprises two fork portions 28, is furthermore - as indicated - provided with an eye 30 which is adapted for extra locking of the bicycle by means of a wire lock. Otherwise, the bicycle holder 24 is on the whole constructed like the bicycle holder 2, and the holder 24 is used in a quite similar manner to lock the handlebars of a bicycle. The bicycle holder 32 shown in Figs 5 and 6 is on the whole constructed like the bicycle holder 2 and has a similar function. Also the bicycle holder 34 shown in Figs. 7 and 8 corresponds in its construction to the previously described bicycle holders; but here is an eye portion 36 of the locking part 38 adapted to be locked by means of a stationary, key-operated locking pin 40. The bicycle holder 42 shown in Fig. 9 is as an alternative made from round iron, where a stem portion 44 is adapted to be sucured inside an end portion of a tubular arm member of a bicycle stand. The stem portion 44 is bent around a swing axis 46 and continues after that outwards and forms an open eye portion 48. A swingable part 50 of the bicycle holder 42 is also made from round iron with a lower part 52 and an upper part 54 which is brought into the shwon position by means of the handlebars when this is let upwards towards the firm part of the holder connected with the stem portion 44. Preferably, the swingable portion 50 consists of two uniform portions being mutually connected and placed at opposite sides of the firm portion connected with the stem portion 44.

Claims: A lockable holder (2, 24, 32, 34, 42) for a bicycle stand and comprising a projecting holder part (14) being adapted to receive a portion (6) of a bicycle and which comprises cooperating holding and locking means (16, 18) being adapted to grasp and/or to lock the bicycle portion (6) to the holder part (14) which comprises activating means being adapted by insertion of the bicycle portion (6) in the holder part (14) to influence the holding means (16) to grasp around the bicycle portion (6), characterized in that the locking means consist of a locking part (10) cooperating with the holder part (14), said locking part (10) including eye means (18) being pivotally arranged in the holder part (14), whereby the locking part by said insertion of the bicycle portion (6) in the holder part (14) being adapted to take up a locking position, in which the bicycle portion (6) being grasped in the holder part (14) by means of the holding means (16), and in which the locking part (10) may be fixed to the holder part (14) by insertion into the eye means either a locking pawl of a lock connected with the holder part or a locking hoop of a loose padlock, said eye means (18) being such adapted that the locking pawl or the locking hoop - in spite of that the lock in question being activated - may be removed from the eye means (18), if the locking part (10) is allowed to turn in the holder part (14), that is if the bicycle portion (6) is not placed in the holder part (14). A holder (2, 24, 32, 34, 42) according to claim 1 and adapted to cooperate with a bicycle portion in the form of the handlebars thereof, charactarized in that the holder part (14) is shaped - as known per see - with a double forklike configuration comprising at opposite sides of a central cavity (8) two fork parts at least one of which being provided with said holding and locking means in the form of a locking part (10) which is pivotally mounted on an approximate horizontal axis (12) and which consists of a lower preferable curved holding part (16) and an upper locking part with an eye portion (18) provided with a side opening (22), said locking part (10) is adapted to be swung between an open position, in which the holding part (16) is hanging down from the holder part (14) allowing the handlebars of a bicycle to be inserted therein, a locking position, in which the holding part (16) is grasping the handlebars and the eye portion (18) projects from the holder part (14) through a side slit (20) and is available for receiving a locking pin or hook, and a further position, in which the eye portion (18) - because the holder part is empty - is swung further outwards and the side opening (22) thereof is uncovered.

Inventors: GRAM, ALEX, NIELSEN, JAN SJOERUP, SOENDERTOFT, JENS CHR.
Applicants: VEKSOE-TAULOV A/S
Application year: 1990
Main classification: B62H3
IPC codes: E05B67, B62H3