Height-Adjustable Bicycle Stand for Versatile Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bicycle stands lack flexibility to adapt to different spaces and accommodate bicycles of varying frame sizes, tire diameters, and widths, making them unsuitable for frequent changes in display settings, such as in bicycle shops or trade fairs.
Innovation Solution
A free-standing and self-supporting bicycle stand with a height-adjustable design that allows for both horizontal and vertical mounting positions, featuring a telescoping main rod and auxiliary rod system with adjustable connecting elements to accommodate various wheel sizes and tire widths, ensuring stability and secure holding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional bicycle stand with fixed bars or tracks is used, then the bicycle can be held securely in one position, but the stand cannot adapt to different bicycle types, frame sizes, or available spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The bicycle stand employs adjustable support rods with variable lengths that can be dynamically reconfigured. The first support rod has an adjustable length to accommodate different wheel positions, and the second support rod can be extended or repositioned. This dynamic adjustability allows the same stand structure to adapt to various bicycle types (mountain bikes, road bikes, children's bikes) and different available spaces without requiring multiple specialized stands.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is designed as a universal multi-functional device that can hold bicycles in multiple configurations. It supports both vertical and horizontal bicycle positions, accommodates different wheel sizes through adjustable support rods, and can adapt to various frame sizes. The mounting element can be positioned at different locations on the support rods, enabling the single stand to replace multiple specialized bicycle holders.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed bicycle stand design is used, then the structure is simple and stable, but it cannot be adjusted to accommodate bicycles with different wheel sizes, tire widths, or frame dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The support rods incorporate telescopic or adjustable mechanisms that allow dynamic reconfiguration. The first support rod can be adjusted in length to accommodate different distances between the ground and the wheel axle. The second support rod can be extended or repositioned along the first support rod to accommodate different wheel positions. These dynamic adjustments enable the stand to adapt to various wheel sizes and frame dimensions while maintaining structural stability.
3Ease of operation
If a bicycle stand with multiple fixed support points is used, then it can accommodate specific bicycle configurations, but it becomes complex and difficult to adapt to different bicycles
Solution Approach 1:
The stand uses a minimal set of components (first support rod, second support rod, mounting element) that can be configured in multiple ways to serve different bicycle types. Rather than having multiple fixed support points for each bicycle type, the universal design allows the same components to be adjusted and repositioned to create the appropriate support configuration for any bicycle, from small children's bikes to large mountain bikes.
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AI summary
Bicycle stand (10), in particular bicycle display stand, with a freestanding and self-supporting stand arrangement (7) for receiving one wheel of a bicycle (13), characterized in that a retaining element (5) for holding a further wheel of the bicycle (13) can be connected to the stand arrangement (7) by means of a retaining rod (4) which has the retaining element (5) at one end, so that the bicycle stand (10) provides two positions for holding the bicycle (13), a horizontal bicycle holding position and a vertical bicycle holding position, wherein - in the horizontal bicycle holding position the longitudinal extent of the bicycle is essentially horizontal and the wheel (14; 22) or the further wheel (22; 14) of the bicycle (13) is held by the stand arrangement (7) in an approximately upright position, - in the vertical bicycle holding position the longitudinal extent of the bicycle (13) is essentially vertical and the wheel (14;22) or the other wheel (22; 14) of the bicycle (13) is held by the stand arrangement (7) and the other wheel (22; 14) or the wheel (14; 22) of the bicycle (13) is held by the support element (5), and - the support element (5) and the support rod (4) are linearly height-adjustable.;