Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1998-10-13
2000-08-22
Vidovich, Gregory M.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224309, 224315, 224317, 224322, B60R 900
Patent
active
061058408
ABSTRACT:
A side-loading and discharging rack for use with vehicles includes a base that is permanently secured to a conventional luggage rack. A pivot interface member is pivotally secured to an outboard end of the base, a transversely disposed elongate slide member is slideably engaged by the pivot interface member, and a handle is attached to the outboard end of the elongate slide member. The elongate slide member has a storage position where its inboard end is retained by a bracket mounted on an inboard end of the base. When in the storage position, a first bias member urges the elongate slide member to slide in an inboard-to-outboard direction, but that sliding motion is prevented by a lock member having an outboard end that abuts against an inboard end of a stop member. A second bias member urges the stop member into blocking relation to the lock member when the elongate slide member is in its storage position. Lifting the handle overcomes the bias so that the stop member is displaced out of the path of travel of the lock member to permit inboard-to-outboard sliding of the elongate slide member. Pivotal movement of the pivot interface member and the elongate slide member, coupled with sliding movement of the elongate slide member, provides a mechanical advantage facilitating deployment of the elongate slide member where it overlies a side wall of the vehicle and facilitating its return to its storage position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3193124 (1965-07-01), Essling
patent: 5782391 (1998-07-01), Cretcher
patent: 5884824 (1999-03-01), Spring, Jr.
Trevino Ernesto
Trevino Mikyo
Brevard Maerena N.
Smith Ronald E.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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