Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Patent
1997-05-30
1998-09-15
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
224274, 224525, B60R 908
Patent
active
058067388
ABSTRACT:
A carrying apparatus for use with a vehicle having a rearwardly projecting hitch engaging portion and capable of supporting an elongate article such as a golf bag containing a plurality of golf clubs. A substantially horizontally disposed and planar shaped base supports a lower end of the elongate article and includes an upwardly projecting edge extending around a perimeter of the base. An elongate support is secured at a lower end to the base and extends upwardly therefrom so as to terminate at an upper end. A cross member is secured at a location proximate the upper end of the elongate support and includes a first laterally extending support portion and a second opposite and laterally extending support portion for engaging an upper end of the supported elongate article. A hitch receiving portion extends from the elongate support and includes an inserting end which is engaged by the vehicle hitch engaging portion so that the carrying apparatus is mounted in a suspended and rearwardly extending manner from the vehicle. A locking pin inserting through overlapping apertures formed in the hitch engaging portion and hitch receiving portion and preventing disengagement of the carrying apparatus from the hitch engaging portion.
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