Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-21
2001-05-29
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
C224S402000, C224S501000, C224S532000, C414S462000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237824
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to vehicle racks and more particularly pertains to a new rack system for a vehicle for holding various items with a multi-purpose rack.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of vehicle racks is known in the prior art. More specifically, vehicle racks heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,560,666; U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,389; U.S. Pat. No. 5,649,656; U.S. Pat. No. 4,531,879; U.S. Pat. No. 4,630,990; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 325,553.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new rack system for a vehicle. The inventive device includes a mounting securably attached to a vehicle. A support arm is removably coupled to the mounting and extends upwardly from the mounting. The support arm has a free end having a well extending therein. A bar, which is elongate, has a first end and a second end. The bar is generally hollow and the ends are open. A protruding member extends from the bar. The protruding member is removably extendable into the well. Each of a pair of extension arms is extendable into one of the ends of the bar. Each of the extension arms has a plurality of holes therein. At least two brackets are each removably attachable to one of the extension arms such that the brackets extend upwardly from the extension arms. Each of the brackets is adapted for receiving a pin extending through one of the holes on the extension arms.
In these respects, the rack system for a vehicle according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of holding various items with a multi-purpose rack.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of vehicle racks now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new rack system for a vehicle construction wherein the same can be utilized for holding various items with a multi-purpose rack.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new rack system for a vehicle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the vehicle racks mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rack system for a vehicle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle racks, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a mounting securably attached to a vehicle. A support arm is removably coupled to the mounting and extends upwardly from the mounting. The support arm has a free end having a well extending therein. A bar, which is elongate, has a first end and a second end. The bar is generally hollow and the ends are open. A protruding member extends from the bar. The protruding member is removably extendable into the well. Each of a pair of extension arms is extendable into one of the ends of the bar. Each of the extension arms has a plurality of holes therein. At least two brackets are each removably attachable to one of the extension arms such that the brackets extend upwardly from the extension arms. Each of the brackets is adapted for receiving a pin extending through one of the holes on the extension arms.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new rack system for a vehicle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the vehicle racks mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rack system for a vehicle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle racks, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rack system for a vehicle which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new rack system for a vehicle which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new rack system for a vehicle which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such rack system for a vehicle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rack system for a vehicle which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new rack system for a vehicle for holding various items with a multi-purpose rack.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rack system for a vehicle which includes a mounting securably attached to a vehicle. A support arm is removably coupled to the mounting and extends upwardly from the mounting. The support arm has a free end having a well extending therein. A bar, which is elongate, has a first end and a second end. The bar is generally hollow and the ends are open. A protruding member extends from the bar. The protruding member is removably extendable into the well. Each of a pair of extension arms is extendable into one of the ends of the bar. Each of the extension arms has a plurality of holes therein. At least two brackets are each removably attachable to one of the extension arms such that the brackets extend upwardly from the extension arms. Each of the brackets is adapted for receiving a pin extending through one of the holes on the extension a
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