US 4,537,338 AGranted

Baggage carrier for two-wheeled vehicles

AssigneeESGE-Marby GmbH & Co. KG

InventorHeinrich Belka

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Abstract

A baggage carrier for two-wheeled vehicles includes a frame forming the supporting surface for the baggage and respective pairs of support legs at each side extending downward from the frame. The legs extending toward one another in the form of a V and secured, optionally in an articulated manner, to the frame are bent at their ends in such a manner that they extend approximately parallel to and spaced apart by a short distance from one another. The free ends of the legs of each pair of legs are adjustably secured on an extension piece of the vehicle frame by means of a clamping part, which has a bore for a fastening screw that passes between the two ends of the legs and through a bore in the extension piece. In order to provide a wide range of adjustment for the two legs of each pair of support legs without impairing the crosswise stability of the support legs, so that it is possible to adapt the baggage carrier to various two-wheeled vehicles without altering the baggage carrier itself, the clamping part has two continuous reception bores extending parallel to one another and intended for the two associated cylindrical ends of the legs. At least one clamping piece that cooperates with the inserted ends of the legs is associated with the reception bores and can be tightened by means of a clamping screw in order to fix the ends of the legs in position.

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Baggage carrier for two-wheeled vehicles, comprising

a frame including the supporting surface for the baggage, and
a pair of support legs extending downward from the frame toward one another at both sides, the legs of which are optionally secured in an articulated manner to the frame and extend toward one another in the form of a V and are bent at the free ends such that they extend beside and approximately parallel to one another, being spaced apart by a short distance from one another,
wherein the free ends of the legs of each pair of legs can be secured to an extension piece of the vehicle frame in an adjustable manner by means of a clamping part placed upon these ends, the clamping part having a bore for a fastening screw which passes between the two ends of the legs and through a bore in the extension piece,
wherein, in accordance with the invention,
the clamping part (10) for each pair of support legs (6) has two continuous through bores (11), extending parallel to one another and disposed at both sides of the bore for the fastening screw (12), for the two associated cylindrical ends (9) of the legs, and wherein associated with the reception bores (11) is at least one clamping piece (15) cooperating with the inserted ends (9) of the legs, the clamping piece (15) being fastenable by means of a locking screw (20) against the ends (9) of the legs and against the clamping part (10), thereby fixing the ends (9) of the legs in their respective installed positions.

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