Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-12
2001-01-23
Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
C224S281000, C224S497000, C224S502000, C224S518000, C224S533000, C224S924000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176406
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a support device for a rear end assembly on motor vehicles, especially on a camper, caravan or the like.
A known support device of this type (is disclosed in German Utility Patent 91 09 357.0). A transporting frame, protruding from the rear of the vehicle is held in the use position by two supporting struts, which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and engage the frame parts of the vehicle on the chassis side. In the installed position, these supporting struts keep the transporting frame at a constant distance from the rear. Even when the transporting frame is not in use, the supporting struts remain in this installed position and have to be dismantled completely in order to free up the rear region, so that such a support device requires much space and has a disadvantageously limited operating comfort.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a support device for a rear end assembly at motor vehicles, the components of which permit different goods, which are to be transported, to be accommodated with little technical effort on a widely variable loading surface, can be positioned with little adjusting effort in a space saving idle or inoperative position and, in this position, can be carried along at the rear of the vehicle.
The invention provides a support device, the sliding rails of which, provided with guiding and holding profiling, form a basic structural unit, which can be accommodated in the rear region of the vehicle frame in supporting positions defining different loading surfaces. At these sliding rails, different goods, which are transported, such as bicycles, 2-wheel motor vehicles, etc. can be accommodated over supporting elements forming direct supporting points and held additionally by the transporting frame. Over the guiding and holding profiling of the sliding rails, the support device has variable possibilities for adjusting the supporting elements, so that, with little effort for the adjustment, a change in the loading surface and/or the fastening possibilities for the goods being transported is achieved.
From the transporting position, supported in front of the rear region of the vehicle, all components of the supporting device can be moved over swiveling, folding and/or plug-in connections in such a manner, that the support device can be positioned in a compact packed position in the immediate vicinity of the floor of the vehicle frame and, with that, the support device can be carried along permanently at the rear region of the vehicle, for example, a camper, without requiring much space and without affecting the comfort.
With respect to further advantages and details of the invention, reference is made to the following description and the drawing, in which several examples of the object of the invention are illustrated diagrammatically in detail.
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Jordan and Hamburg LLP
SMV-Metall GmbH
Vidovich Gregory M.
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