Single arm holder and bracket for bicycle rack

Details Single arm holder and bracket for bicycle rack Single arm holder and bracket for bicycle rack

1995-12-07

1998-07-07

Luebke, Renee S.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle

224502, 224505, 224537, 224534, 224532, 224553, 224924, 224571, B60R 910, B60R 912, B60R 906

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057755558

ABSTRACT:
An L-shaped support has a rearwardly extending tubular arm formed of a thin-walled tube. The end of vertical leg of the support is cold formed into a U-shaped, double-walled channel which fits between the sides of a brace which is rigidly mounted to the trailer hitch of a vehicle. A plastic bracket has a split ring clamp which fits over the rearwardly extending arm of the support. The entire bracket may pivot about the axis defined by the arm. An alternative embodiment attachment device for restraining a bicycle tube on a horizontally extending carrier arm is formed as a single molded part of thermoplastic rubber. The attachment device has a strap with an array of two rows of holes which engage with a square array of four mushroom-head type fasteners to attach the end of the strap to the attachment devices.

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