Bike rack hoist

Claim 2

A hoistable storage rack for carrying at least one bicycle thereon and permitting the hoisting of the rack on an overlying support, with at least one bicycle mounted thereon, comprising in combination, a horizontally disposed support bar having front and rear surfaces, a plurality of bicycle hooks mounted on the front surface of said support bar and extending forwardly outwardly therefrom, a plurality of bicycle hooks mounted on the rear support surface of said support bar and extending rearwardly outwardly therefrom, said support bar including a plurality of horizontally spaced and linearly aligned apertures disposed therethrough and adjacent each of the ends thereof, and each of said bicycle hooks including a threaded shaft, whereby each of said bicycle hooks may be mounted on said support bar by inserting said threaded shaft through one of said apertures and securely held in position by threaded nuts screwed threadily mounted thereon, at least a pair of curvilinear hanging means, mounted on said support bar, one of said pair of hanging means mounted adjacent each end thereof and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said hanging means having lower pulley means mounted thereon and extending upwardly therefrom, the overlying support provided with opposed support hanging means fixedly secured thereto and extending downwardly therefrom, each of said opposed hanging means having upper pulley means mounted thereon and extending downwardly therefrom, said upper pulley means being positioned in spaced vertical alignment with respect to said lower pulley means, said lower pulley means comprising a pair of fiddle blocks, each having a large pulley wheel and a smaller pulley wheel, said smaller pulley wheel being positioNed above said larger pulley wheel, and said upper pulley means comprising a pair of second fiddle blocks, each having a larger pulley wheel and a smaller pulley wheel, said smaller pulley wheel being positioned below said larger pulley wheel, rope means fixedly secured to each of said upper pulley means at the opposed ends of said rope means and having one end portion of said rope means interconnecting vertically opposed one of the said pairs of lower and upper pulley means, and the opposed end portion of said rope means interconnecting the other vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper pulley means, and the central portion of said rope means positioned between said vertically opposed ones of said pairs of said lower and upper pulley means, whereby retraction force applied against the central portion of said rope means will cause said vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper pulley means to work against each other, through said rope means, thereby to hoist said support bar upwardly with at least one bicycle mounted on and between respective bicycle hooks.

Claim 3

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein each of said opposed ones of said front and rear bicycle hooks are horizontally offset with respect to each other.

Claim 4

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein said upper pair of fiddle blocks is positioned above and in vertical alignment with respect to said lower pair of said fiddle blocks.

Claim 5

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 3 above, wherein said rope means has one end secured to the lower end of one of said upper fiddle blocks and extends downwardly about said smaller pulley wheel of said lower fiddle block, then upwardly about said smaller pulley wheel of said upper fiddle block, then downwardly about said larger pulley wheel of said lower fiddle block, the upwardly about said large pulley wheel of said upper fiddle block, and then continued about said large pulley wheel of said upper fiddle block, and downwardly about said large pulley wheel of said lower fiddle block, then upwardly about said smaller pulley wheel of said upper fiddle block, then downwardly about said smaller pulley wheel of said lower fiddle block then upwardly and securely affixed to the lower end of said upper fiddle block, the central portion of said rope providing a grasping point for the operator to grasp and apply retractional force to hoist said rack.

Claim 6

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein said curvilinear hanging means comprises a pair of eyes bolts mounted on the top surface of said support bar adjacent the opposed ends thereof, thereby to provide a curvilinear hanging support for said lower pulley means mounted thereon and extending upwardly therefrom.

Claim 7

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 5 above, wherein said support bar is rotationally mounted with respect to said lower pulley means thereby to permit the canting movement of said support bar when one bicycle is mounted on and between the respective pair of bicycle hooks creating an off-center load.

Claim 8

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 6 above, wherein each of said lower and upper pulley means is rotationally mounted with respect to the corresponding hanging means whereby each of said pulley means is rotationally movable with respect to the vertical axis established between opposed pairs of said upper and lower pulley means.

Claim 9

The hoistable storag rack as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein said front and rear pairs of bicycle hooks are horizontally offset with respect to each other.

Claim 10

The hoistable storage rack as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein each of said bicycle hooks is covered with a plasticized material thereby to minimize frictional contact with a bicycle mounted thereon.

Claim 11

A hoistable storage rack for carrying at least one bicycle thereon and permitting the hoisting of the rack onto an overlying support with at Least one bicycle mounted thereon, comprising in combination, a horizontally disposed support bar having front and rear surfaces, said support bar having a plurality of horizontally spaced and linearly aligned apertures disposed therethrough adjacent each of the opposed ends of said support bar, a pair of opposed bicycle hooks mounted on the front surface of said support bar through corresponding apertures at each of the opposed ends of said support bar, and said opposed bicycle hooks extending forwardly outwardly therefrom, a pair of opposed bicycle hooks mounted on the rear surface of said support bar through corresponding apertures in said support bar, and extending rearwardly outwardly therefrom, said front and rear pairs of bicycle hooks being horizontally offset with respect to each other, by virtue of the mounting thereof in different ones of said apertures positioned in said support bar, each of said front and rear pairs of bicycle hooks including a threaded shaft, whereby each of said bicycle hooks may be mounted on said support bar by inserting said threaded shaft through one of said apertures and securely held in position by threaded nuts screw threadily mounted thereon, a pair of eye bolts mounted on said support bar, one of said pair of eye bolts mounted adjacent each of the opposed ends of said support bar and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said eye bolts having a lower fiddle block rotationally mounted thereon and extending upwardly therefrom, the overlying support provided with opposed hanging means fixedly secured thereto and extending downwardly therefrom, each of said opposed hanging means having an upper fiddle block rotationally mounted thereon and extending downwardly therefrom, said upper fiddle blocks being positioned in spaced and vertical alignment with respect to said lower fiddle blocks rope means fixedly secured to each of said lower fiddle blocks at the opposed ends of said rope means and having one end portion thereof interconnecting vertically opposed ones of said pairs of said lower and upper fiddle blocks, and the opposed end portion of said rope means interconnecting the other vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks, and the central portion of said rope means positioned between said vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks, whereby retraction force applied against the central portion of said rope means will cause said vertically opposed one of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks to work against each other through said rope means, thereby to hoist said support bar upwardly with at least one bicycle mounted on and between a respective pair of bicycle hooks.

Claim 12

A hoistable storage rack for carrying at least one bicycle thereon and permitting the hoisting of the rack onto an overlying support with at Least one bicycle mounted thereon, comprising in combination, a horizontally disposed support bar having front and rear surfaces, said support bar having a plurality of horizontally spaced and linearly aligned apertures disposed therethrough adjacent each of the opposed ends of said support bar, a pair of opposed bicycle hooks mounted on the front surface of said support bar through corresponding apertures at each of the opposed ends of said support bar, and said opposed bicycle hooks extending forwardly outwardly therefrom, a pair of opposed bicycle hooks mounted on the rear surface of said support bar through corresponding apertures in said support bar, and extending rearwardly outwardly therefrom, said front and rear pairs of bicycle hooks being horizontally offset with respect to each other, by virtue of the mounting thereof in different ones of said apertures positioned in said support bar, each of said front and rear pairs of bicycle hooks including a threaded shaft, whereby each of said bicycle hooks may be mounted on said support bar by inserting said threaded shaft through one of said apertures and securely held in position by threaded nuts screw threadily mounted thereon, a pair of eye bolts mounted on said support bar, one of said pair of eye bolts mounted adjacent each of the opposed ends of said support bar and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said eye bolts having a lower fiddle block rotationally mounted thereon and extending upwardly therefrom, the overlying support provided with opposed hanging means fixedly secured thereto and extending downwardly therefrom, each of said opposed hanging means having an upper fiddle block rotationally mounted thereon and extending downwardly therefrom, said upper fiddle blocks being positioned in spaced and vertical alignment with respect to said lower fiddle blocks rope means fixedly secured to each of said lower fiddle blocks at the opposed ends of said rope means and having one end portion thereof interconnecting vertically opposed ones of said pairs of said lower and upper fiddle blocks, and the opposed end portion of said rope means interconnecting the other vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks, and the central portion of said rope means positioned between said vertically opposed ones of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks, whereby retraction force applied against the central portion of said rope means will cause said vertically opposed one of said pairs of lower and upper fiddle blocks to work against each other through said rope means, thereby to hoist said support bar upwardly with at least one bicycle mounted on and between a respective pair of bicycle hooks.

Claim 13

The hoistable rack as set forth in claim 10 above, wherein said hanging means fixedly secured to the overlying support comprise a pair of opposed eye bolts supporting said upper fiddle blocks thereon.

Claim 14

The hoistable rack as set forth in claim 10 above, wherein said rope means comprises a nylon rope.