Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Patent
1996-03-05
1997-04-15
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
224526, 224529, 224282, 224509, B60R 9055
Patent
active
056201265
ABSTRACT:
A cargo carrier assembly (or "carrier") is externally carried at the rear of a truck. The carrier comprises a frameless L-shaped rack in combination with a wheeled container specifically adapted to be pivotably loaded onto the rack by using pivot latches which matingly receive locking pins fixedly secured to the container. The rack comprises either a single integral L-shaped support beam, or a compound beam. The compound beam, in turn, comprises a combination of (a) a pivot strut one side of which is attached to the frame of the truck and (b) an integral L-shaped support beam comprising a transverse strut and a longitudinal strut upon which latter strut only, the container is pivotably disposed. Only a portion of the base of the container is either directly supported on the struts of the L-shaped rack, or supported on pivot pins. Though the container may be secured with only two pivot latches, it is preferred to use, in addition, an attachment latch. The width of the wheeled container is chosen so that it can be rolled in an inclined position through a doorway of a conventional dwelling, and the length is chosen so that, when loaded on the rack, the container does not obscure the tail-lights of the truck.
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Lobo Alfred D.
Recla Henry J.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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