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US 12,709,213 B2Granted
External storage rack for recreational vehicles
AssigneeMorryde International, Inc.
InventorsMichael Caster, Darrell Byers
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Abstract
External storage for a recreational vehicle includes a storage rack defining a plurality of openings extending through front and rear main faces thereof to allow objects to be secured to the storage rack, a plurality of hinges coupled to a proximal edge of the storage rack allowing the storage rack to be pivoted relative to the recreational vehicle, and a storage catch having a first member coupled to the storage rack and a second member configured to be coupled to the recreational vehicle.
Claims21
An external storage for a recreational vehicle having an upright wall, the external storage comprising:
- a storage rack having front and rear main faces and a perimeter including top, bottom, proximal, and distal edges, the storage rack defining a plurality of openings extending through the front and rear main faces to allow objects to be secured to the storage rack;
- a plurality of hinges coupled to the proximal edge of the storage rack allowing the storage rack to be pivoted relative to the recreational vehicle;
- a storage catch having a first member coupled to the storage rack and a second member configured to be coupled to the recreational vehicle, the first and second members of the storage catch being configured to releasably engage one another to retain the storage rack in a storage position extending along the upright wall;
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- an extension catch having a first member coupled to the storage rack and a second member configured to be coupled to the recreational vehicle, the first and second members of the extension catch being configured to releasably engage one another to retain the storage rack in an extended position extending outwardly from the upright wall.
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An external storage for a recreational vehicle having an upright wall, the external storage comprising:
- a first storage rack having front and rear main faces and a perimeter including top, bottom, proximal, and distal edges, the first storage rack defining a plurality of openings extending through the front and rear main faces to allow objects to be secured to the first storage rack;
- a first plurality of hinges coupled to the proximal edge of the first storage rack allowing the first storage rack to be pivoted relative to the recreational vehicle;
- a first storage catch having a first member coupled to the first storage rack and a second member configured to be coupled to the recreational vehicle, the first and second members of the first storage catch being configured to releasably engage one another to retain the first storage rack in a storage position extending along the upright wall;
- a second storage rack having front and rear main faces and a perimeter including top, bottom, proximal, and distal edges, the second storage rack defining a plurality of openings extending through the front and rear main faces to allow objects to be secured to the second storage rack;
- a second plurality of hinges coupled to the proximal edge of the second storage rack allowing the body to be pivoted relative to the recreational vehicle;
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- a second storage catch having a first member coupled to the second storage rack and a second member configured to be coupled to the recreational vehicle, the first and second members of the second storage catch being configured to releasably engage one another to retain the second storage rack in a storage position extending along the upright wall;
- wherein the first and second storage racks are configured to be pivotably coupled to the recreational vehicle via the first and second plurality of hinges on opposite sides of an opening in the recreational vehicle in a double door configuration;
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- wherein the first and second storage racks each include a handle extending outwardly from the distal edge thereof, the handle of the first storage rack configured to extend along the second storage rack and the handle of the second storage rack configured to extend along the first storage rack with the first and second storage racks in the storage position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.