Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Patent
1995-03-23
1996-10-15
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
224518, 224558, B62D 4302
Patent
active
055646115
ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to a wheel carrier which is adapted to be mounted exclusively to a cross tube of a receiver bracket assembly, which is typically attached to the underside of a motor vehicle and which is used to facilitate attachment of a trailer hitch in the form of a ball mount assembly. The simple manner in which the wheel carrier attaches to the receiver bracket assembly greatly decreases the necessary mounting time and avoids the necessity of drilling holes in the body and/or bumper. The wheel carrier has a carrier member, a wheel support member connected to the carrier member and adapted to support a motor vehicle wheel, and a mounting mechanism for mounting the carrier member exclusively to the cross tube of the receiver bracket assembly. The cross tube typically has a cross-sectional shape which is substantially square. The mounting mechanism may include a first mounting bracket, a second mounting bracket, and fasteners for securing the first and second mounting brackets together about the cross tube at a mounting area. The first and second mounting brackets are shaped such that, when secured together, they define an aperture having a substantially square cross-sectional shape that substantially conforms to a substantially square cross-sectional shape of the mounting area of the cross tube.
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