Patent ID: 6983947

Claim:
A bicycle towing device for attachment between a tow bicycle having a seat support area, a rear wheel, and a rear wheel axle and a towed bicycle having a front wheel, a handlebar, a head tube and a front wheel fork, the device comprising: a longitudinally extending tow bar having a first tow bar end and a second tow bar end, wherein the first tow bar end is attached to the seat support area of the tow bicycle and the second tow bar end is removably attachable to the head tube of the towed bicycle; wherein the tow bar is telescopic having an extended towing position and a retracted storable position; wherein the front wheel of the towed bicycle remains attached to the front wheel fork and is elevated when the tow bar is attached to the towed bicycle; wherein the second tow bar end is pivotally moveable about the first tow bar end attached to the seat support area to a storage position adjacent the rear wheel axle on the tow bicycle when the second tow bar end is removed from the towed bicycle such that the tow bar is offset from a radial plane through the rear wheel of the tow bicycle.