Patent ID: 8905245

Claim:
A free-standing bicycle parking rack comprising: a base formed of two longitudinal tubular members rigidly coupled to two lateral tubular members; and a parking station comprising: a pair of generally parallel, spaced-apart V-shaped uprights interconnected by a U-shaped member that is continuous with an upper portion of each upright, a bottom portion of both V-shaped uprights rigidly coupled to a first of the two longitudinal tubular members of the base in a manner that a lower portion of both uprights is disposed at an upright orientation relative to the base and that the upper portion of both uprights angles from the lower portion upward and toward a second of the two longitudinal tubular members of the base; and a pair of generally straight braces, each straight brace of the pair interconnecting one of the uprights with the longitudinal tubular member to which that one of the uprights is not directly affixed; wherein said V-shaped uprights and said straight braces are positioned such that, when the wheel of a disc-brake-equipped bicycle is positioned between said pair of V-shaped uprights and resting on both longitudinal tubular members, there is clearance between both a front edge of a brake disc affixed to a hub of the wheel and a most proximate V-shaped member and a lower edge of the brake disc and a most proximate straight brace.