Carrier Support for Attaching to a Motor Vehicle
OwnerRussell W. Rothinventor
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Abstract
A carrier support arrangement that attaches to a vehicle between a rear bumper crash bar and mounting pads that are provided at the rear of the body of the vehicle. The carrier support is formed of a transverse support bar that has a modified hollow tubular beam construction, with attachment lands its ends. Tubular socket members receive attachment rods of the associated carrier. The tubular beam construction if formed of an upper member and lower member welded together. The web portions of the beam have a series of triangular cutouts, leaving a series of diagonal struts. This construction achieves a weight savings without sacrifice of strength or torsion resistance.
Claims17
A carrier support for attaching to a motor vehicle between a set of rear bumper attachment pads of the motor vehicle and a bumper crash bar on which a rear bumper is mounted;
- the carrier support comprising:
- a transverse support beam;
- left and right support lands formed at ends of the transverse support beam and adapted to be mounted onto respective ones of the bumper attachment pads;
- and
- a pair of spaced-apart tubular socket members affixed to said transverse support beam and extending rearward therefrom, said tubular socket members being adapted to receive attachment rods of a carrier device to that is to be removably supported thereon;
- wherein said transverse support beam is a modified hollow tubular beam having a lower flange and an upper flange, a rearward web member and a forward web member, with said web members extending between forward and rearward portions of said upper and lower flanges;
- and wherein each said forward an rearward web members has a plurality of triangular cutouts formed therein to define a series of diagonal struts thereon.
The carrier support of claim 3 wherein lower reinforcing lip has a pair of spaced cutouts therein adapted for receiving said tubular socket members, with the latter being affixed thereto.
A carrier support for attaching to a motor vehicle between a set of rear bumper attachment pads of the motor vehicle and a bumper crash bar on which a rear bumper is mounted;
- the carrier support comprising:
- a transverse support beam of a modified hollow tubular beam construction being formed of a first sheet and a second sheet of structural metal which are welded together;
- with the first sheet including a forward vertical web, a lower flange extending rearwardly from a bottom edge of the forward web, and a reinforcing lip extending downward from a rear edge of the lower flange;
- with the second sheet including a rearward web which is welded to said lower flange, an upper flange extending generally forward from an upper edge of the rearward web, an upper edge of said forward web being welded to said upper flange, and a vertical web member extending upward from a forward edge of said upper flange;
- and wherein a plurality of generally triangular cutouts are formed in at least one of said forward web and said rearward web to define a series of diagonal struts therein;
- left and right support lands formed at ends of the transverse support beam and adapted to be mounted onto respective ones of the bumper attachment pads;
- and
- a pair of spaced-apart tubular socket members affixed to said transverse support beam and extending rearward therefrom, said tubular socket members being adapted to receive attachment rods of a carrier device to that is to be removably supported thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.