Gerald L Stewart

US Patent:

7410082, Aug 12, 2008

Filed:

May 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/839005

Inventors:

Gerald Stewart - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Sportworks Northwest, Inc. - Woodinville WA

International Classification:

B60R 9/00

US Classification:

224504, 224505, 224512, 224507, 224509, 224506

Abstract:

A vehicle rack includes a non-pivotal portion and a pivotal portion. The non-pivotal portion is adapted to be mounted on a motor vehicle such as a public transportation vehicle such as a bus, a trolley, train, van, or car. The pivotal portion, when in the bicycle receiving position, includes in a preferred embodiment retractable arms to hold bicycles in place by their tires. The bicycle rack includes elements that assist in the raising of the pivotal portion from the vehicle receiving position into a stowed position and for lowering the pivotal portion from the stowed position to the bicycle receiving portion. Other elements assist in the single-handed reposition-ability.

US Patent:

20080073395, Mar 27, 2008

Filed:

Sep 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/904233

Inventors:

Michael K. Reeves - Woodinville WA, US
Eric L. Rayl - Woodinville WA, US
Gerald M. Stewart - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Sportworks Northwest, Inc. - Woodinville WA

International Classification:

B60R 9/10

US Classification:

224324

Abstract:

Cycle portage apparatus and/or systems employing at least one removable, tire receiving means for retaining a cycle having at least two tires. One series of embodiments is directed to frames adapted to removably receive a tire receiving structure while another series of embodiments is directed to a specific type of such structure, namely, one or more tire trays, and frames optimized to receive them. The preferred applications for embodiments of the invention include transit vehicles having bumper mounted portage frames extending from such bumpers where the frames may be rotated from a stowed position to a deployed position in order to receive at least one cycle, usually a bicycle. Tire tray embodiments according to the invention are constructed from a material having greater resiliency than structural components of the frame.

US Patent:

20090008421, Jan 8, 2009

Filed:

Jul 9, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/170331

Inventors:

Gerald Stewart - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

SPORTWORKS NORTHWEST, INC. - Woodinville WA

International Classification:

B60R 11/00

US Classification:

224536

Abstract:

A vehicle rack includes a non-pivotal portion and a pivotal portion. The non-pivotal portion is adapted to be mounted on a motor vehicle such as a public transportation vehicle such as a bus, a trolley, train, van, or car. The pivotal portion, when in the bicycle receiving position, includes in a preferred embodiment retractable arms to hold bicycles in place by their tires. The bicycle rack includes elements that assist in the raising of the pivotal portion from the vehicle receiving position into a stowed position and for lowering the pivotal portion from the stowed position to the bicycle receiving portion. Other elements assist in the single-handed reposition-ability.

US Patent:

20170190369, Jul 6, 2017

Filed:

Jan 3, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/397479

Inventors:

- Woodinville WA, US
Gerald M. Stewart - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

B62H 3/08

Abstract:

A device for holding a cycle includes a first frame operable to hold a wheel of a cycle when the wheel is inserted into the frame, a second frame coupled with the first frame, and a lock coupled with the second frame. The second frame is moveable relative to the first frame to a first position and to a second position. When the second frame is in the first position, one may insert the cycle's wheel into the first frame. When the second frame is in the second position and the cycle's wheel has been inserted into the first frame, the second frame holds the cycle's wheel in the first frame. The lock is coupled with the second frame such that the lock contacts the cycle's wheel when the cycle's wheel is being inserted into the first frame and the second frame moves toward the second position. The lock is configured to: a) allow the insertion of the cycle's wheel into the first frame when the second frame moves toward the second position, and b) resist the withdrawal of the cycle's wheel out of the first frame when the second frame is in the second position.