Bicycle Stand With Pivot Means For Compact Parking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bicycle stands require large vertical dimensions for parking, limiting the number of bicycles that can be parked, especially in space-constrained areas like underground parks, leading to inefficient use of space and potential incorrect parking.
Innovation Solution
The bicycle stand incorporates translation and pivot means that allow bicycles to be parked at an angle α to the vertical, reducing the required height and enabling more compact parking by overlapping handlebars, with stabilizing support elements and angle-limiting mechanisms to prevent excessive pivoting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If bicycles are parked in an upright position in conventional bicycle stands, then the bicycle is stable and easy to park, but large vertical dimensions are required, limiting parking density
Solution Approach 1:
The bicycle stand pivots the support part together with the bicycle about a horizontal pivot axis, changing the bicycle's orientation from vertical to an inclined angle α (e.g., 45 degrees). This dimensional change in orientation allows the bicycle to occupy less vertical space while maintaining stability through support elements, thereby increasing parking density without sacrificing reliability
2Productivity
If the number of bicycles parked in underground parks is increased, then space utilization improves, but the required vertical dimension increases, which is not feasible in space-constrained areas
Solution Approach 1:
By pivoting bicycles to an inclined angle α rather than keeping them upright, the vertical projection of each bicycle is reduced. This allows more bicycles to be parked within the same vertical clearance, effectively increasing the number of bicycles that can be accommodated in underground parks without increasing the required vertical dimension
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the orientation parameter of parked bicycles from vertical (90 degrees to ground) to an inclined angle α (e.g., 45 degrees). This parameter change reduces the vertical space requirement per bicycle, enabling higher parking capacity in space-constrained environments while maintaining bicycle stability through appropriately positioned support elements
3Productivity
If bicycles are parked at an angle to the vertical, then parking density increases and vertical space is reduced, but the bicycle may contact other objects such as the ground or adjacent bicycles
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces support elements as intermediary components that contact the bicycle at specific points (e.g., frame, fork, or wheel). These support elements prevent the bicycle from contacting harmful objects like the ground or adjacent bicycles by providing stable geometric constraints at the inclined angle α, thereby eliminating the harmful contact effect while maintaining high parking density
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a bicycle stand (10) comprising a frame (30); a support part connected to the frame (30), which is configured to support at least a wheel of a bicycle (100) that is or is to be parked, and which is provided with at least two upwardly extending support elements (5A,5B) configured to engage either side of the bicycle (100) that is or is to be parked. The bicycle stand (10) further comprises translation means configured to translate the support part, including the bicycle (100) that is or is to be parked thereon, in a substantially horizontal translation direction between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the frame (30). Pivot means are provided for pivoting the support part about a pivot axis parallel to the horizontal translation direction.