Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1998-02-09
1999-11-23
Sholl, Linda J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224324, 224924, 414462, B60R 9042
Patent
active
059884703
ABSTRACT:
A system which allows a person to easily access an automobile roof rack attachment for holding and carrying a bike or other object such as a canoe employing a telescoping mechanism for moving the carried object out beyond the roof line of the vehicle wherein the system also has a parallelogram mechanism allowing the user to also lower the system carrying the bike or other object parallel to the ground during its movement into a locked position beyond the roof line of the vehicle. By manually pulling downwardly on the parallelogram mechanism the system is lowered to a comfortable level. Once in this position the person attaches the bike or other equipment to the system, the system is unlocked, and the raises up manually to the rooftop level and then pushed inward toward the center of the automobile into its resting and locked position.
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Heiner, Esq. Donald R.
Sholl Linda J.
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