Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – For rim – tire – or wheel
Patent
1993-12-16
1994-12-06
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
For rim, tire, or wheel
224 4206, 224 42012, B62D 4300
Patent
active
053702859
ABSTRACT:
A swing-away rack for mounting a spare tire to a substantially vertical surface of a motor vehicle. A spare tire holder is mounted on a vertical support member which is pivotally mounted on a hinge. The hinge enables the support member and the spare tire to be swung sufficiently downwardly and backwardly to avoid the swinging arc of an adjacent door mounted on the motor vehicle, thus enabling access to the door. A latch maintains the support member in its normal, vertical orientation. The latch comprises a thin resilient bar which is disposed adjacent and parallel to the support member. The latch has an opening which cooperates with a projecting member secured to the vertical support member. When this projecting member penetrates the opening, the support member is constrained against lowering. When the latch is resiliently drawn away from the support member, the projecting member is released from the opening, and the support member may be lowered. A locking member, releasably mounted to a distal end of the projecting member, prevents unintended disengagement of the projecting member from the latch. A handle attached to the latch enables convenient manipulation of the latch during release of the projecting member.
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Recla Henry J.
Walczak David J.
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