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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Alain Ayotte, Laval, CA;
Michel Dallaire, Montreal, CA;
Charles Ibrahim Khairallah, Montreal, CA;
Societe de Velo en Libre-Service, Lachine, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A modular system for providing bicycles at a given location according to a desired configuration, the system comprising at least one bicycle rack for storing a bicycle, each bicycle rack comprising an electronic lock for removably securing a corresponding bicycle thereto, each bicycle rack further comprising a corresponding attaching means having an electrical connector operatively coupled to the electronic lock, an energy providing means for providing energy to each electronic lock, the energy providing means comprising a corresponding attaching means having a connector operatively coupled thereto and a structure to be installed at the given location, the structure comprising an elongated base, a plurality of spaced-apart receiving means located on the base, each of the spaced-apart receiving means being adapted for receiving a selected attaching means from the at least one bicycle rack and the energy providing means according to the desired configuration and an electric network interconnecting each of the spaced-apart receiving means to thereby provide a modular system for providing bicycles.