Bicycle storage rack

Claim 1

A bicycle storage rack comprising an elongated U-channel adapted for vertical mounting on a vertical supporting surface; said U-channel being formed of a rigid material bent along a pair of parallel bend lines to form a pair of arms extending the length of said channel in opposition to each other, said arms being deeper than the depth of a bicycle wheel with tire when rim mounted and flexible along the bend lines thereof with respect to each other to have a normal bias wherein the space between said opposing arms has a distance less than the width of the bicycle tire and rim and to be distendible on entry of the bicycle tire and rim to a distance slightly wider than said tire and rim, and thereafter releasably return to the normal bias so as to clamp the tire and rim thereof when said bicycle is secured in a vertical position with its other wheel resting on or near the ground, each of said arms having a plurality of holes adjacent its outer edge extending along the length thereof, the holes in one arm being horizontally aligned with the holes in the opposite arm to form opposing pairs across the bight of said U-channel wheel restraint means comprising a pair of restricting members each of which is located in a hole on an arm of said U-channel adjacent the free edge thereof in opposition to each other, to thereby reduce the space between said opposing arms to a distance less than the width of the bicycle tire and rim, said restraint means causing said arms to distend on entry of the bicycle tire and rim and thereafter, at least in part, surrounding said wheel and rim to releasably clamp the wheel within said channel.