Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle
Patent
1975-12-15
1976-11-30
Spar, Robert J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle
224 4203B, 224 421E, 211 17, 211 20, B60P 306
Patent
active
039944255
ABSTRACT:
An automobile bicycle carrier of the type including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle and a support frame for mounting the channels in spaced parallel relation on a vehicle and for engaging the frames of the bicycles resting in each of the channels to support the same in upright position. The support frame is formed of a plurality of separate and detachably connected frame members and includes a pair of front frame members that are attached to the channels and which are detachably interconnected to each other intermediate the channels and a corresponding pair of rear frame members which are connected to the channels and detachably interconnected intermediate the channels to support the channels in spaced parallel relation. One of the front and rear frame members each have a leg that extends upwardly with a laterally extending arm at its upper end for engaging and supporting the frame of the bicycle in a respective one of the channels. The frame members can be disassembled from the channels and from each other to enable compact packaging for shipment or storage.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3204839 (1965-09-01), Yuda et al.
patent: 3687318 (1972-08-01), Casey et al.
patent: 3901421 (1975-08-01), Kalicki et al.
Forsberg Jerold M.
Spar Robert J.
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