Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Bracket connected to vehicle
Patent
1998-03-30
1999-08-17
Vidovich, Gregory M.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Bracket connected to vehicle
224504, 224509, 224531, 224537, 224554, 224558, 2249175, B60R 910
Patent
active
059380934
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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Bloemer John M.
Kaloustian John M.
Lassanske Todd W.
Graber Products, Inc.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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