Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Reissue Patent
2005-11-29
2005-11-29
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Reissue Patent
active
RE038895
ABSTRACT:
A cargo carrier with two platform sections that are assembled together. Opposite metal side walls of the platform sections are bent to an offset angle to enable either end of the platforms to slide up against each other and be bolted together. This makes for easy assembly and less hardware. A tie plate, and bolts are provided on the top of the juxtaposed interior ends of the platform sections for the securing of the two platform sections together.
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Masterbuilt Mfg. Inc. brochure (not dated—but estimated around 1992) showing a single piece cargo platform attached to a Ford Bronco and having forward and aft vertical frame structures (Item 1).
Masterbuilt brochure indicating “HH 8/96” and illustrating a “Hitch Haul ® Wheel Free Carrier” attached to a Chrysler Town & Country vehicle (Item 2a).
Masterbuilt Hitch Haul® carrier owner's manual for models HP2, HP2C and HP125, with Apr. 21, 1997 indicated (Item 2b).
Two-page Masterbuilt brochure entitled Hitch-Haul® wheel free carrier “a division of Masterbuilt” with enlarged view of the carrier attached to the back of a red Ford Bronco and positioned above a photo of an “Allegro” recreationg vehicle with the same carrier mounted (no date indicated) (Item 2c).
Four-page Masterbuilt brochure entitled outdoor cooking made simple and illustrating a carrier similar to that in 2© in the lower left hand corner adjacent a “7 in 1” patio cooker (date not indicated) (Item 2d).
Two-page document from Masterbuilt entitled “Hitch-Haul® Wheel Free Carrier” listing model numbers and suggested retail prices for H2P, HP125 and HP2C (date not indicated) (Item 2e).
Two Masterbuilt brochures having a first paragraph starting with the phrase “Outdoorsmen can now transport” listing various models (including model #HP2) and designating various model prices (date not indicated) (Item 2f).
Six-page Masterbuilt brochure indicating “© 1998” and designating “The Original Masterbuilt” Hitch-Haul ® Wheel Free Carrier (Item 3).
Cronin Stephen K.
Smith Gambrell & Russell
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