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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory A. Dean, McKinleyville, CA (US);
Scott R. Allen, Fieldbrook, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yakima Products, Inc., Arcata, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62H 5/00 ;
Abstract
A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle. The rack includes forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle and a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle. A wheel mount is attached to a first one of the crossbars. The wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.