Spare tire carrier for a tow hitch

Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle

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224507, 224508, 224521, 224532, 224535, 224 4221, B62D 4302

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054699983

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a tire carrier for an automotive vehicle and, more particularly, to a hitch mounted tire carrier. The invention includes a cantilever construction having the combination of an elongated arm having the tire mount structure, and a bracket for the arm connectable, for example, to a tow hitch of a vehicle. The arm is movable relative to the bracket between the transportation position and in inactive position, and a cinch is provided on the bracket for normally maintaining the arm in the transportation position but releasing the same for movement to the inactive position. The cinch has a lever latch which, in keeping with the invention, is manipulatable of the cinch to an over-center position. A tightener is provided as a protuberance on the lever latch which is mounted for pivoting to a stop position beyond a center position at which it would be generally orthogonal to a bearing surface it engages. The combination also preferably includes a coupler having a drawbar and a tightener designed to maintain intimate contact between a surface of the drawbar and a surface of the tow hitch irrespective of vehicle movement.

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patent: 5085360 (1992-04-01), Fortune et al.
patent: 5190195 (1993-03-01), Fullhart
patent: 5303857 (1994-04-01), Hewson

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