The present invention is related to a technical field applied to bicycle, and more particularly to a multifunctional bicycle stand which allows a user to park or exhibit a bicycle firmly without shaking easily and allows a user to change a parking and an exhibiting mode of the bicycle according to different places; therefore, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can have excellent practicability.
In recent years, the popularity of bicycles has led many people to open bicycle stores for sale. In a bicycle store, many bicycle parking stands are installed for exhibiting bicycle for customers to watch. For example, Taiwan utility model patent No. M359458, titled “Bicycle stand (3)” discloses a conventional parking stand commercially available on the market; the above-mentioned parking stand structure generally includes a main pipe and a supporting base at the bottom end of the main pipe, and a bent hanger rod is provided at the top of the main pipe; in order to exhibit the bicycle for consumers to view, a user can hang a front wheel of the bicycle on the hanger rod to make the bicycle stay in a standing position with the front wheel thereof facing up and the rear wheel thereof facing down. However, above-mentioned hanging manner has some problems. One of the problems is that it is easy to cause bicycles to shake; since the bicycle is hung on the hanger rod only, the bicycle may be shaken or swung easily to hit other object to cause damage when being touched by external force. Furthermore, some bicycle exhibition rooms may not have sufficient heights to exhibit bicycles in a standing mode, but the conventional parking stand cannot enable the user to park the bicycle in a non-standing mode; therefore, for an exhibition room with a small exhibition space, the conventional parking stand is not practical in use. The second problem is that if the user is a woman and a child with weak strength or insufficient height, the user cannot lift and hang the bicycle on the hanging rod. For above-mentioned problems, the conventional parking stand is not practical.
The main technology of the present invention is to enable a user to firmly hang a bicycle in a standing mode for exhibition and adjust a parking mode of the bicycle between the standing mode and a non-standing mode according to height limitation of different place, and also allow a user of different age group to park the bicycle firmly, thereby solving the problems and deficiencies described in the prior art. Therefore, in order to achieve the above-mentioned objective and effect, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention has two embodiments. The first embodiment includes a main pipe, a hanging assembly, a support stand and at least one positioning rod group. The hanging assembly is mounted on a top of the main pipe and configured to hang a front wheel of a bicycle, and includes a hanger rod, a lateral rod, a connecting holder and a locking member, the connecting holder has an end abutted with an outer periphery of a top of the main pipe, and other end extended to form a horizontal rod, the locking member is inserted through the main pipe and tightly locked in the connecting holder, and an end of the hanger rod and an end of the lateral rod are connected to the horizontal rod, and the hanger rod and the lateral rod are arranged in parallel with each other and in interval. The support stand is disposed on a bottom end of the main pipe and configured to support the main pipe, and includes a plurality of support rods, and the adjacent two of the plurality of support rods form an included angle area therebetween. The at least one positioning rod group has two ends fixed on any adjacent two of the plurality of support rods, respectively and across the included angle area, and the at least one positioning rod group forms a restraining channel.
The second embodiment includes a main pipe, a hanging assembly, a support stand, at least one fixed rod, and at least one movable and extendable rod. The hanging assembly is mounted on a top of the main pipe and configured to hang a front wheel of a bicycle, and includes a hanger rod, a lateral rod, a connecting holder, and a locking member, the connecting holder has an end abutted with an outer periphery of the top of the main pipe, and other end extended to form a horizontal rod, and the locking member is inserted through the main pipe and tightly locked in the connecting holder, and an end of the hanger rod and an end of the lateral rod are connected to the horizontal rod, the hanger rod and the lateral rod are arranged in parallel with each other and in interval. The support stand is disposed on a bottom end of the main pipe and configured to support the main pipe, and includes a plurality of support rods, and the adjacent two of the plurality of support rods form an included angle area therebetween. The at least one fixed rod has two ends fixed on any two adjacent support rods respectively, and across the included angle area. The at least one movable and extendable rod is slidably disposed on the any adjacent two support rods, where the at least one fixed rod is disposed, of the plurality of support rods, and the at least one movable and extendable rod is disposed between the at least one fixed rod and the main pipe, and the at least one movable and extendable rod is slidable to close to or away from the main pipe, and a restraining channel is formed between the at least one movable and extendable rod and the at least one fixed rod and in communication with the included angle area corresponding thereto.
The structure, operating principle and effects of the present invention will be described in detail by way of various embodiments which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The following embodiments of the present invention are herein described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These drawings show specific examples of the embodiments of the present invention. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is to be acknowledged that these embodiments are exemplary implementations and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way. Further modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are also included within the scope of the appended claims. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Regarding the drawings, the relative proportions and ratios of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated or diminished in size for the sake of clarity and convenience. Such arbitrary proportions are only illustrative and not limiting in any way. The same reference numbers are used in the drawings and description to refer to the same or like parts.
It is to be acknowledged that, although the terms ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, and so on, may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. Thus, a first element discussed herein could be termed a second element without altering the description of the present disclosure. As used herein, the term “or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It will be acknowledged that when an element or layer is referred to as being “on,” “connected to” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly connected to” or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present.
In addition, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word “comprise” and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising”, will be acknowledged to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements.
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Generally, sizes and heights of exhibition halls or stores for the bicycles 10 are not the same; in order to maintain consumers' viewing experiences in purchasing the bicycle 10, with configuration of the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention, the bicycle 10 can be hung in the standing mode when the height of the exhibition hall or store is sufficient, and the user only needs to hang the front wheel 101 of the bicycle 10 on the hanging assembly 2 and insert the hanger rod 21 and the lateral rod 22 through a rim of the front wheel 101, so as to complete the hanging placement of the bicycle 10; in the other hand, when the height of the exhibition hall or store is not enough for the bicycle 10 to be hung, the user only needs to park the bicycle 10 in the non-standing mode in which the front wheel 101 or the rear wheel 102 is directly accommodated in the restraining channel 41, so as to complete non-hanging placement of the bicycle 10. Therefore, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can be applied to the places with different heights, and enable women and children with less strength to directly mount the bicycle in the restraining channel 41 of the at least one positioning rod group 4 to prevent difficulty in hanging the bicycle 10 due to insufficient strength. Furthermore, multiple bicycles 10 can be hung or placed horizontally together on the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention.
More details of the first main structure of the present invention will be described in following paragraphs. The at least one positioning rod group 4 includes two arched pipes 42, and each arched pipe 42 is in an inverted-U shape, and the two ends of each arched pipe 42 are fixed on any two adjacent support rods 31, and the two arched pipes 42 are arranged in interval, and the interval formed between the two arched pipes 42 is defined as the restraining channel 41 mentioned above. A user can place the front wheel 101 or the rear wheel 102 of the bicycle 10 directly into the restraining channel 41 to complete the horizontal mounting of the bicycle 10, as shown in
It is also worth mentioning that in order to improve the stability of the bicycle 10 hung on the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention to reduce large side-to-side swing, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can further include at least one bent pipe 5 mounted on the main pipe 1 disposed between the hanging assembly 2 and the support stand 3. The at least one bent pipe 5 can include a curved plate 51 and a bow-shaped pipe 52, the curved plate 51 has the same structure as that of the connecting holder 23, and the bow-shaped pipe 52 is M-shaped and has an end connected to a side of the curved plate 51. A curved recessed part of the curved plate 51 is abutted with the main pipe 1, and the bow-shaped pipe 52 is continuously bent to form at least one curved part 521. When a user parks the bicycle 10 in a hanging mode, the front wheel 101 of the bicycle 10 is hung on the hanger rod 21 and the lateral rod 22 of the hanging assembly 2, the rear wheel 102 is accommodated in the at least one curved part 521 and abutted with the bow-shaped pipe 52, and a screw 53 can be inserted through the main pipe 1 and locked with the curved plate 51. Therefore, the hung bicycle 10 can be prevented from being affected by an external force, so as to reduce swing magnitude of the hung bicycle 10, as shown in
The difference between the first and second main structures of the present invention is the configuration of the at least one positioning rod group 4. The at least one positioning rod group 4 of the first structure is formed by arranging the two arched pipes 42 in interval; in the second structure of the present invention, the at least one positioning rod group 4 is separated into at least one fixed rod 43 and at least one movable and extendable rod 44, and two ends of the at least one fixed rod 43 is fixed on any two adjacent support rods 31, similar to the two arched pipes 42. The at least one movable and extendable rod 44 is slidably disposed on any two adjacent support rods 31 which are fixed with the at least one corresponding fixed rod 43, and the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 is disposed between the at least one fixed rod 43 and the main pipe 1, so that the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 is slidable to move close to or away from the main pipe 1, and a restraining channel 41 can be formed between the at least one fixed rod 43 and the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 and in communication with the included angle area 32 corresponding thereto. Therefore, the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 can be slid to change a width of the restraining channel 41, to adaptively place different wheel with different wheel diameter, as shown in
The second structure of the present invention can be implemented by two embodiments. Please refer to
According to the above description, each of the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 and the main pipe 1 is implemented by a telescopic structure, for example, the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 can include a male pipe member 443 and a female pipe member 444, and each of the male pipe member 443 and the female pipe member 444 is L-shaped, an end of the male pipe member 443 is inserted into an end of the female pipe member 443, and other ends of the male pipe member 443 and the female pipe member 443 are slidably connected to the support rod 31 corresponding thereto, so that the insert connection between the male pipe member 443 and the female pipe member 443 is slidably adjustable in cooperation with movement of the at least one movable and extendable rod 44, as shown in
In summary, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can provide the user to exhibit and mount the bicycle 10 in places with different heights in the hanging mode or non-hanging mode; when the height of the exhibition place is sufficient, the front wheel 101 of the bicycle 10 can be hung on the hanging assembly 2 to prevent the bicycle 10 from being easily swung by external force; in the other hand, when the height of the exhibition place is not enough for hanging the bicycle 10, the user just needs to shrink the main pipe 1 to the shortest length for parking the bicycle 10. Therefore, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can provide the user with more diversified exhibition manner and mounting manner. Furthermore, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention can also be used in houses or public places to park and mount the bicycle 10; for example, when parking the bicycle 10, a child who is not tall, or a woman with petite body and less strength may be unable to mount the bicycle 10 in the hanging mode; therefore, the multifunctional bicycle stand of the present invention includes the at least one positioning rod group 4 or combination of the at least one fixed rod 43 and the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 on the support stand 3, so that children and women can directly accommodate the front wheel 101 or the rear wheel 102 of the bicycle 10 in the restraining channel 41 and then adjust the at least one movable and extendable rod 44 to move close to the at least one fixed rod 43, thereby restraining the front wheel 101 or the rear wheel 102 of the bicycle 10 by a smaller space, to stably park and mount the bicycle 10.
The present invention disclosed herein has been described by means of specific embodiments. However, numerous modifications, variations and enhancements can be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure set forth in the claims.
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