Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Platform attached
Patent
1988-09-09
1990-06-19
Sholl, Linda J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Platform attached
224 4203B, 224 4232, 410 3, 248540, 211 5, 211 17, B60R 900
Patent
active
049345729
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a lockable clamping apparatus for securing a bicycle to the rail of a pick-up truck bed having a generally L-shaped lengthwise extending portion. The clamping apparatus includes outer clamping means for engaging the outer facing surfaces of the truck bed rail's L-shaped portion and inner clamping means for engaging the inner facing surfaces of the truck bed rail's L-shaped portion. The inner and outer clamping means are movably, preferably pivotally, connected to each other so that they can be moved, preferably pivoted, between an open mounting position and a closed clamping position. The clamping apparatus is mounted on the truck bed rail when it is in its open mounting position. When the clamping apparatus is in its closed clamping position, the first and second clamping means tightly engage the L-shaped portion of the truck bed rail to secure the clamping apparatus thereto. The clamping apparatus also includes lock facilitating means for enabling the inner and outer clamping means to be locked together in the closed clamping position. In addition, the clamping apparatus includes skewer mounting means for receiving a bicycle skewer to secure a bicycle to the apparatus.
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1988 sales brochure by Yakima Company of Arcata, California.
Hollywood Engineering 1988 sales brochure for its Model T900 Bicycle Carrier.
Advertisement in the Mid-Summer 1988 edition of Performance Bicycle Shop.
Sales brochure published in 1988 by the Cycle Cinch Company of El Cajon, California.
Article written by Fred Zahradnik in the Jun., 1988 edition of Bicycling Magazine.
Bowman Ronald L.
Northey L. Dean
Bowman Ronald L.
Northey L. Dean
Sholl Linda J.
Smith Brian D.
Tennessen Thomas R.
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