Patent ID: 8006876

Claim:
A securing device (A) for connecting a bicycle rack ( 72 ) to a connection member ( 71 ) on a vehicle, the securing device (A) comprising: a bolt ( 1 ) having a head ( 11 ) and a shank ( 12 ); a clamping unit ( 2 ) composed of four quarters and each quarter having a protrusion ( 23 ) extending from a top thereof and a recessed space ( 21 ) defined in an inner side thereof, a notch ( 22 ) defined in an inner side of each of the protrusion ( 23 ), a room formed by the recessed spaces ( 21 ) of the four quarters adapted to accommodate the connection member ( 71 ), the head of the bolt ( 1 ) received in a space composed of the four notches ( 22 ) of the four quarters and the shank ( 12 ) extending through the top of the clamping unit ( 2 ); a mounting member ( 3 ) mounted to the clamping unit ( 2 ) and having a through hole ( 33 ) defined through a top thereof, the shank ( 12 ) of the bolt ( 1 ) extending through the through hole ( 33 ), an extension ( 32 ) connected to the mounting member ( 3 ) and adapted to be connected with the bicycle rack ( 72 ), a nut ( 42 ) threadedly connected to the shank ( 12 ), and a knob ( 4 ) having an inner threaded recess ( 41 ) which is threadedly connected to the shank ( 12 ) and pressing on the top of the mounting member ( 3 ), a lock ( 44 ) located in the knob ( 4 ) and cooperated with the shank ( 12 ) of the bolt ( 1 ).