Collapsible load and lift carrier attachment for vehicles
OwnerGriffith I. Hoernerinventor
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Abstract
A load and lift carrier assembly and reassembly comprised of detachable legs and a header carried by mounting brackets secured to a vehicle body trunk lid or door by an anchor block captured within the body, the assembled condition being characterized by rigid attachment of the legs and header, the reassembled condition being characterized by insertion of the legs into the header, and featuring a reversible sack attached to the header and used one side out to transport articles and used the other side out to store the legs and header and related parts.
Claims30
A load carrier for removable installation onto a lid closing a cavity defined by the interior of a vehicle body, the lid having a lower edge closely spaced from a sill of the body and having an upper edge closely spaced from the body, and including;
- a pair of spaced mounting bracket-leg assemblies and each having a mounting bracket with a base engageable onto the exterior of the lid immediately above the lower edge thereof, and each having a leg pivoted to its bracket to swing upwardly and forwardly to an erected position against a stop,
- an anchor means for each mounting bracket and securing it against the body,
- a header extending between and attached to the ends of the pair of legs remote from their ends pivoted to their mounting brackets,
- and a tensioning means extending from the header to a hook engaged over the upper edge of the lid.
A load carrier for removable assembled installation onto a lid closing a cavity defined by the interior of a vehicle body, and for disassembly and re-assembly into a compact storage condition, the lid having a lower edge closely spaced from a sill of the body and having an upper edge closely spaced from the body, and including;
- a pair of spaced mounting bracket-leg assemblies and each having a mounting bracket with a base engageable onto the exterior of the lid immediately above the lower edge thereof, and each having a leg pivoted to its bracket to swing upwardly and forwardly to an erected position against a stop,
- an anchor means for each mounting bracket and securing it against the body,
- a header of tubular cross section extending between and releasably attached to the upper ends of the pair of legs remote from their ends pivoted to their mounting brackets when in an assembled installation condition,
- a tensioning means extending from the header to the body,
- and the tubular cross section of the header being of a configuration to simultaneously receive the pair of legs inserted into the tubular cross section through an open end thereof after disassembly and removal from the first mentioned assembled installation condition for reassembly into the compact storage condition.
A load carrier for assembled installation onto a lid closing a cavity defined by the interior of a vehicle body, and for disassembly and reassembly into a compact storage condition, the lid having a lower edge closely spaced from a sill of the body and having an upper edge also closely spaced from the body, and including;
- a pair of spaced mounted bracket-leg assemblies and each having a mounting bracket with a base engageable onto the exterior of the lid immediately above the lower edge thereof, and each having a leg pivoted to its bracket to swing upwardly and forwardly to an erected position against a stop,
- an anchor means for each mounting bracket and securing it against the body,
- a header of tubular cross section extending between and releasably attached to the upper ends of the pair of legs when in an assembled installation condition,
- a tensioning means extending from the header to a hook engaged over the upper end of the lid,
- and the tubular cross section of the header being of a configuration to simultaneously receive the pair of legs inserted therein after disassembly from the first mentioned assembled installation condition and reassembly into the compact storage condition.
A load and lift carrier for assembled installation onto a vehicle body and for disassembly, and including;
- a pair of spaced mounting bracket-leg assemblies and each having a mounting bracket with a base engageable onto the exterior of the body, and each having a leg extending upwardly to an erected position,
- an anchor means for each mounting bracket and securing it onto the body,
- a header of tubular cross section extending between and releasably attached at its opposite ends to the upper ends of the pair of legs by means of openings through the bottom and top walls thereof to pass the upper portions of the legs with projecting portions above the header, and secured by removable pins projecting through the legs and the header,
- a tensioning means adjustable as to length and extending from the header to the body,
- and the projecting portion of each leg carrying a rearwardly extending tubular davit releasably attached thereto by means of an opening through the bottom of the davit with the projecting portion of the leg fitted through said opening and into the davit and secured by a removable pin projecting through the leg and the davit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.