Altair Engineering, Inc.

Lap Belt Cinch, Inc.

Wesley J Blanchard

Jeffrey Marshall Lloyd

Michael Baker

H Dieter Featherman

Michael T Vecchio

Bruce Alan Mather

Philip Kosarek

Tom Manley

Richard McCulloch

Timothy Smith

Paul Casimer Arone

Steven Thompson

Kenneth Gordon Grant, Jr

Richard Lonetto

John H Young

A bicycle rack is provided for connection to a vehicle, and especially a bus for the transport of a bicycle. The bicycle rack has a frame pivotally connected to a bracket which is connectable to a front of a bus. A pair of elongate cradles traverse the frame of the rack. Each elongate cradle is capable of receiving a bicycle. Each elongate cradle includes a rear wheel cradle and a front wheel cradle. The front wheel cradle has a spring operated wheel lock. The wheel lock includes a rotatable armature which overlays and holds the front tire of the bicycle in a locked position. The armature is actuated by the weight of the front wheel or by the manual activation of an adjacent handle.

Bus bicycle rack having a spring operated wheel lock

In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.

Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Wesley J Blanchard