Load carrier having a coupling device
OwnerStefan Ziolainventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a foldable load carrier (1) with at least one adjusting range (8), on which load to be transported, especially at least one bicycle, can be placed, and a coupling mechanism (2), which can be detachably attached at a receptacle-like coupling (3) with a substantially square opening (3a), in which the extracting of at least one latch (25) and the locking of the at least one latch (25) with a locking device (21) is done by a swinging movement around a pivoting axis (ST) of a single lever (10) serving as control element, and that the lever (10) serving as control element at the same time also forms the adjusting range (8).
Claims19
1-15. (canceled)
A foldable load carrier mountable on a vehicle for transporting of one or more bicycles, said foldable load carrier comprising:
- at least one lever configured to support a portion of at least one bicycle;
- a coupling mechanism configured to be detachably attached at a receptacle coupling of a vehicle, said coupling mechanism including at least one latch and a locking device configured to lock said latch by a swinging movement of said lever around a pivoting axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.