Patents by Inventor Michael E. Brauer

Michael E. Brauer 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).

  • Patent number: 11299225
    Abstract: A bicycle parking rack includes a tray having a stationary wheel engagement structure that engages a bicycle wheel on one side of the center of the wheel. A movable wheel engagement member is arranged to engage the bicycle on the other side of the center of the wheel, to apply a clamping force on the wheel and to maintain the the bicycle in an upright position. The rack may include lower parking stations in which at each lower station the front bicycle wheel is clamped between the wheel engagement structure and the movable wheel engagement member, and upper parking stations in which at each station the rear wheel engages the wheel engagement structure and the front wheel is engaged with the wheel engagement member. At each upper station, the tray is movable between a loading position and a storage position via an elevated track and trolley arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Saris Cycling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad M. DeBaker, Michael E. Brauer, Adam Tieri
  • Patent number: D834278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Saris Cycling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad M. DeBaker, Michael E. Brauer