Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – For rim – tire – or wheel
Patent
1988-04-18
1989-07-25
Cusick, Ernest G.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
For rim, tire, or wheel
224 4228, 414463, B62D 4302
Patent
active
048505188
ABSTRACT:
A spare wheel carrier for a motor vehicle comprising a support member on which a spare wheel can be secured and which is pivotable about a pivot axis between a stored position underneath the motor vehicle and a predetermined position located more than 90.degree. from the stored position. A resilient member is secured at one end to the motor vehicle and, at its opposite free end, carries a pivot for the pivot axis of the support member. The resilient member is biased at its free end in a direction against an abutment surface. A drive member is pivotably secured to the motor vehicle at one end and is pivotably secured to the support member at the other end. The drive member is reversibly actuable to pivotally move the support member. Pivot limit structure is provided for limiting the angle of movement of the support member relative to the resilient member about the pivot axis to a predetermined angle after the support member has passed through the predetermined position. The arrangement is such that the drive member pivotally moves the support member from its stored position until after the support member has passed through the predetermined position when the pivot limit structure prevents further pivotal movement and further actuation of the drive member causes movement of the free end of the resilient member away from the abutment surface to move the support member back into a position located between the stored position and the predetermined position.
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Cockburn Ernest E.
Salmon Roy P.
Biskup Edward J.
Cusick Ernest G.
General Motors Corporation
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