Watermark Paddlesports, Inc.

Answer Products, Inc.

Yakima, Inc.

Steven J Cole

Scott R Allen

Scott M Boyer

James R Penny

Joe C Mitchell

Roger A Gauvin

A child carrier includes a centrally located front wheel and two rear wheels joined by a frame assembly. The frame assembly has a hinge mechanism that permits adjustment of a handle between multiple operating positions, and easy opening and collapsing of the carrier.

Child carrier

A recreational equipment rack system, which includes an equipment rack configured for exterior engagement on a vehicle. The equipment rack including a rack tongue configured to be inserted into and secured within a hitch receiver provided on the vehicle. A fastening mechanism configured to tightly secure the rack tongue to the hitch receiver. The fastening mechanism includes a bolt having a bolt head and a bolt post extending from the head for extending through transverse holes in the hitch receiver. The bolt post includes a threaded length and an unthreaded length. A nut assembly including a nut configured to engage the threaded length of the bolt enables selective clamping and releasing of the rack tongue with the hitch receiver. The bolt post has a removable post lock on its distal end to prevent removal of the rack from the vehicle without a security key or combination code. The threaded length of the bolt post is limited so that the threaded portion of the bolt exits the nut before the post lock contacts the exterior surface of the hitch receiver.

Hitch-mountable recreational equipment rack

A portable apparatus for retaining a bicycle in the manner of a conventional bicycle repair stand, and which can be used in conjunction with a conventional sports rack attached to the roof of a car or van. The apparatus can be attached to the conventional bicycle sports rack which is attached to the roof of a car and therefore utilizes the car and the sports rack as the supporting body framework to hold and support a bicycle in any desired orientation. The apparatus comprises an elongated member whose exterior cross-sectional dimensions are slightly smaller than the interior cross-sectional dimensions of the elongated base of a conventional sports rack attached to the roof of a vehicle, and is fitted into the interior section of the elongated base of the sports rack and retained therein by a press fit. Additional portions attached to the elongated section support a clamping mechanism which can retain a portion of a bicycle such as the horizontal tube of the frame.

Portable apparatus for retaining a bicycle

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Arcata, CA, United States of America

Steven J Cole