Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Patent
1996-12-23
1998-12-01
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
224485, 224519, 2249175, 224924, B60R 900
Patent
active
058426159
ABSTRACT:
A modular vehicle rack system having a rack holder and rack constructed and arranged to allow easy interchange of racks on the rack holder while allowing a rack mounted on the rack holder to be swung away from the rear of a vehicle to provide substantially unobstructed access to the vehicle rear. The holder has an upwardly extending pin located away from a tongue of the holder that telescopically receives a complementary sleeve of the rack enabling a rack to be quickly and easily mounted on the holder in a manner that permits it to be swung away from the vehicle rear to provide access. The rack preferably includes an integral handle that permits it to be easily grasped and maneuvered to enable racks to be quickly and easily mounted on or removed from a holder. The rack construction includes a swing arm support rail forming part of a cargo or equipment truss that can be flexibly arranged to carry many types of equipment and cargo making the rack design extremely flexible and versatile. One preferred rack embodiment includes an article retainer having a pair of spaced apart pegs that retains an article received between the pegs by a cap that engages the pegs. The axial location of the cap on the pegs can be adjustably varied to accommodate articles of different sizes and width between the pegs.
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