Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Platform attached
Patent
1990-04-20
1991-08-06
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Platform attached
2482316, 224 4203B, B60R 700, A47B 9606
Patent
active
050370197
ABSTRACT:
A securing and locking device for transporting bicycles is presented which may be easily and universally attached to the front rail of a truck bed. The device has an outer inverted L-shaped bracket which is secured to the front rail of a truck bed by means of an inner L-shaped tightening mechanism. Nuts attached to the vertical and horizontal legs of the tightening mechanism tighten the entire device to the front rail of a truck by means of horizontal and vertical normal forces exerted against the truck rail and outer bracket. A quick-attach skewer device is provided on the horizontal leg of the outer L-shaped bracket so that the front fork of the bicycle may be quickly and securedly attached to the bracket which is attached to the truck bed rail. A securing cable may be placed around the bicycle frame and through a slot in the outer bracket and locked. Due to the configuration of the cable slot and the location of the lock when in place, it is virtually impossible to loosen the tightening nuts. The outer bracket is constructed so that it may be universally adapted to any type of truck rail in common use in the United States.
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Recla Henry J.
Walczak David J.
Weber Don W.
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