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US 2017/0320424 A1Published application
Convertible cargo hitch and hammock assembly
OwnerNicholas Gordon Eddyinventor
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Abstract
A convertible cargo carrier and hammock assembly, adapted to be removeably attached at a rear of a vehicle, said vehicle having a tubular open-ended, rearwardly extending hitch receiver, the assembly comprising.
Claims20
A convertible cargo carrier and hammock assembly, adapted to be removeably attached at a rear of a vehicle, said vehicle having a tubular open-ended, rearwardly extending hitch receiver, the assembly comprising:
- a support sleeve, wherein said support sleeve is hollow, and having opposed upper and lower surfaces and opposed front and rear surfaces;
- a platform, operatively connected to the support sleeve, wherein said platform comprises a platform base having an upper and lower surface, and upstanding peripheral platform walls having an upper and lower surface, operatively connected to the base to define an open containment region;
- an elongated shaft operatively connected and aligned along a center lower surface of the support sleeve and the platform wherein said elongated shaft is adapted for insertion into the hitch receiver of the vehicle in a disposition extending rearwardly from the support sleeve;
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- a plurality of support arms, wherein each said support arm having an upper end and a lower end, each said lower end of said support arm thereof is removeably connected to said support sleeve, and the upper end of said arm is adapted to support a hammock.
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A convertible cargo carrier and hammock kit, adapted to be removeably attached at a rear of a vehicle, said vehicle having a tubular open-ended, rearwardly extending hitch receiver, the kit comprising:
- a support sleeve, wherein said support sleeve is hollow, having opposed upper and lower surfaces, and opposed front and rear surfaces;
- a platform, operatively connected to the support sleeve, wherein said platform comprises a platform base having an upper and lower surface, and upstanding peripheral platform walls having an upper and lower surface, operatively connected to the base to define an open containment region;
- an elongated shaft operatively connected and aligned along the center lower surface of the support sleeve and the platform wherein said elongated shaft is adapted for insertion into the hitch receiver of the vehicle in a disposition extending rearwardly from the support sleeve;
- a plurality of support arms, wherein each said support arm having an upper end and a lower end, each said lower end of said arm thereof adapted to removeably connect to said support sleeve, the upper end of said arm adapted to support a hammock;
- a plurality of grates;
- at least one positioning bracket;
- a plurality of securing means;
- and
- the hammock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.