Rotatable strap assembly for a load carrier
AssigneeThule Sweden AB
InventorJeffrey R. Edgerly
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Abstract
A rotatable strap arrangement for a load carrier of a transporting vehicle, the load carrier including an elongate tray, including a rotation mechanism coupled to the elongate tray, the rotation mechanism permitting rotation relative to the elongate tray. The rotatable strap arrangement also including a strap coupled to the rotation mechanism, the strap operable for securing an object to the elongate tray. The rotatable strap arrangement further including a strap receiving mechanism coupled to the rotation mechanism, the strap receiving mechanism operable for receiving the strap.
Claims26
A rotatable strap arrangement of a load carrier for a transporting vehicle in which the load carrier includes an elongate structural member, the rotatable strap arrangement comprising:
- a rotation mechanism couplable to an elongate structural member of a load carrier, the rotation mechanism permitting rotation relative to the structural member;
- a strap coupled to the rotation mechanism, the strap operable for securing an object to the elongate structural member;
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- a strap receiving mechanism coupled to the rotation mechanism, the strap receiving mechanism operable for securably receiving the strap.
A load carrier of a transporting vehicle, the load carrier comprising:
- an elongate wheel tray operable for carrying a wheel of a bicycle;
- a rotation mechanism coupled to the elongate wheel tray, the rotation mechanism permitting rotation relative to the elongate wheel tray;
- a wheel strap coupled to the rotation mechanism, the wheel strap operable for securing the wheel of the bicycle to the elongate wheel tray;
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- a wheel strap receiving mechanism coupled to the rotation mechanism, the wheel strap receiving mechanism operable for receiving the wheel strap.
A wheel strap arrangement for a bicycle carrier of a transporting vehicle, the bicycle carrier comprising an elongate wheel tray, the wheel strap arrangement comprising:
- a positioning mechanism coupled to the elongate wheel tray, the positioning mechanism permitting movement relative to the elongate wheel tray;
- a wheel strap coupled to the positioning mechanism, the wheel strap operable for securing a wheel of the bicycle to the elongate wheel tray;
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- a wheel strap receiving mechanism coupled to the positioning mechanism, the wheel strap receiving mechanism operable for receiving the wheel strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.