Foldable bicycle carrier
OwnerRichard A. Alleninventor
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Abstract
A foldable carrier for carrying objects on an automobile includes a pair of side members, a pair of carrying members and a pair of brackets. One of each pair of side members and one of each pair of carrying members is mounted to one of each pair of brackets for relative movement between a flat collapsed position and an erect extended position, the brackets being held apart by a cross member. Each side member is constrained for biaxial movement relative to each carrying member. Attaching hardware is provided for fastening the carrier to an automobile and for locking the carrier in the extended position.
Claims10
A foldable carrier mountable on automobiles or the like, said carrier comprising:
- (a) a pair of side members;
- (b) a pair of carrying members, each said carrying member including a carrying arm and a body;
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- (c) means for interconnecting said side members and said carrying members, each said side member and each said carrying member constrained for both slidable and rotational movement along and about parallel axes relative to said interconnecting means between extended and collapsed positions.
A foldable carrier mountable on automobiles or the like, said carrier comprising:
- (a) a pair of side members;
- (b) a pair of carrying members;
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- (c) cross means interconnecting said side members and said carrying members, each said side member constrained for rotational and slidable movement about and along parallel axes between an extended position and a collapsed position with respect to said cross means while interconnected to said cross means;
- (d) each said carrying member including a collar configured to engage and to disengage said cross means, each said carrying member in a locked position and fixed against movement relative to said cross means when said collar engages said cross means, said side members and said carrying members substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said cross means when in said extended position, said side members and said carrying members substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said cross means when in said collapsed position.
A foldable carrier mountable on automobiles or the like, said carrier comprising:
- (a) a pair of side members;
- (b) a pair of carrying members;
- (c) cross means interconnecting said side members and said carrying members, said side members constrained for movement between an extended locked position and a collapsed locked position with respect to said cross means, said carrying members constrained for movement between an extended position and a collapsed position with respect to said cross means;
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- (d) bias means in engagement with said carrying means for constraining said carrying means in said extended and collapsed positions;
- (e) each said carrying member including a collar configured to engage and disengage said cross means, each said carrying member in a locked position and fixed against movement relative to said cross means when said collar engages said cross means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.