Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1979-07-31
1981-11-24
Marcus, Stephen
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
296 377, B60R 504, B60R 910
Patent
active
043019560
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle carrier is carried on the underside of a trunk lid in a manner such that it does not interfere with the closing of the lid, but when the lid is rotated into its open position, the bicycle carrier can be extended beyond the periphery of the lid to provide support for bicycles carried transversely thereof in a generally vertical position to the rear of the lid. With the supported bicycles removed from the carrier, it can be retracted into its concealed resting position on the underside of the lid so that the latter can be freely closed. The retractable carrier can be used in conjunction with both forwardly and rearwardly opening trunk lids.
In brief, the bicycle carrier comprises a pair of assemblies affixed to the underside of a trunk lid adjacent to one edge thereof remote from its hinge axis. Each assembly comprises a bracket defining a bore extending therethrough which partially slidably receives a bicycle carrying member which can be extended over the forementioned trunk lid edge for suspending bicycles therefrom when the trunk lid is open and which is particularly shaped to provide a substantially horizontal bicycle-supporting platform when so extended.
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Marcus Stephen
Quartz Jay H.
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