Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for storing bicycles, the assembly including: at least one fixed rail; and a support frame on which at least one bicycle can be loaded in an elevated position above the ground, wherein the support frame is moveable on the rail between a forward advance position for loaded and unloading the bicycle from the support frame, and a rearward retracted position for storing the bicycle. When the support frame is in the forward advanced position, a bicycle loaded onto the support frame can be locked to the support frame using a conventional bicycle lock.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2019
Assignee:
PFL SPACES PTY LTD
Inventors:
Mark Anthony Rossiter, Justin Louis Sires, Craig Oliver Hyde
Abstract: An assembly for storing bicycles in an upright orientation and suitably with both wheels of the bicycles off the ground. The assembly is configured to suspend the bicycles from their front wheel by engaging the front tire of the bicycles, and without needing to engage the rim of the front wheel, or the frame of the bicycle. Moreover, the assembly is adapted to allow the bicycles located in the upright orientation to be moved while on the assembly from side-to-side to allow bicycles storage to be clustered together and a bicycle to be retrieve-from storage to be spaced further apart from adjacent bicycles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2018
Assignee:
PFL Spaces Pty Ltd
Inventors:
Craig Oliver Hyde, Mark Anthony Rossiter, Justin Louis Sires