Hitch mounted external door carrier for vehicles
OwnerTodd Haszinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle door carrier for carrying removable vehicle doors that includes having a base member adapted to be removably mounted to a vehicle hitch, a vertical support member attached to the base member, and a support arm having a hinge receiving portion attached to one end and a latch receiving portion attached to the opposite end, whereby the vehicle door carrier is adapted to pivotally receive at least one vehicle door thereon.
Claims20
A vehicle door carrier comprising:
- a base member adapted to be removably mounted to a vehicle hitch;
- a vertical support member attached to said base member;
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- a support arm having a first end and a second end attached to said vertical support member, said first end of said support arm having a hinge receiving portion attached thereto, said second end of said support arm having a latch receiving portion attached thereto, whereby the vehicle door carrier is adapted to pivotably receive at least one vehicle door thereon.
A method of mounting a vehicle door to a hitch mounted vehicle door carrier having a hinge receiving portion attached to a first end of a support arm and a latch receiving portion attached to a second end of the support arm, the support arm is pivotably attached to a vertical support member, wherein the vertical support member extends perpendicularly from a base member, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) pivotably attaching a vehicle door hinge to the hinge receiving portion;
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- b) pivotably rotating the vehicle door until a latch on the vehicle door closes onto the latch receiving portion of the support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.