Patents by Inventor Mark William Messing

Mark William Messing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Self-adjusting bike rack
    Patent number: 12269545
    Abstract: A display rack for bicycles provides opposed wheel cups for engaging the periphery of a bicycle wheel where one wheel cup is mounted to a pivoting lever that is pressed downward on one end by the weight of the bicycle tire to move the wheel cups together providing a gravity actuated clamping that is released when the bicycle is lifted. One or more wheel cups may extend in a channel measured in a tangent to the bicycle wheel to prevent locking to knob bicycle tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Rudy Rack, Inc.
    Inventors: Don Rasmussen, Mark William Messing
  • Self-Adjusting Bike Rack
    Publication number: 20230192205
    Abstract: A display rack for bicycles provides opposed wheel cups for engaging the periphery of a bicycle wheel where one wheel cup is mounted to a pivoting lever that is pressed downward on one end by the weight of the bicycle tire to move the wheel cups together providing a gravity actuated clamping that is released when the bicycle is lifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Don Rasmussen, Mark William Messing