Piggyback tool carrier
AssigneeMichael DuRant
InventorsMichael DuRant, Reginald W. Flagg
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Abstract
A piggyback carrier designed for the safe and economical transporting of a container piggybacked to the back or front of a vehicle. Specifically, the piggyback is designed to be attached to the container and to support the container during transportation. The piggyback carrier can be adjusted and may be fitted to most vehicles having conventional type hitches. A left and a right jack is removably attached to each side of the frame of the carrier to enable one man to jack up a heavy cargo, roll it to the vehicle and mount the frame to the hitch on the vehicle.
Claims16
A cargo carrier comprising:
- a frame having a front edge with a trailer hitch connection;
- a left and a right jack assembly;
- each said jack assembly having a riser body;
- and said frame having a left and a right edge each having a jack connecter assembly for removable attachment to the respective riser body.
A cargo carrier comprising:
- a frame having a front edge with a trailer hitch connection;
- and
- said frame having a left and a right edge each with a removable connector for
- removable attachment to a jack.
A cargo carrier comprising:
- a frame having a front edge with a trailer hitch connection;
- a left and a right jack assembly;
- each said jack assembly having a riser body;
- said frame having a left and a right edge each having a jack connector assembly for removable attachment to the respective riser body;
- and
- wherein the jack connector assemblies each comprise a bracket longitudinally alignable with the respective left or right edge of the frame, said bracket having a quick disconnect mechanism to the frame edge.
A cargo carrier comprising:
- a frame having a front edge with a trailer hitch connection;
- a left and a right jack assembly;
- each said jack assembly having a riser body;
- said frame having a left and a right edge each having a jack connector assembly for removable attachment to the removable attachment to the respective riser body;
- and wherein the jack connector assembly further comprises a vertical column mounted to the left and the right edge of the frame, said vertical column having a male connector to receive a female connector on the jack assembly.
A cargo carrier comprising;
- a frame means functioning to support a cargo box;
- said frame means having a front edge with a trailer hitch means functioning to connect to a vehicle hitch;
- a left and a right jack assembly means, said left and right jack assembly means each functioning to lift the frame means to a level for mounting to the vehicle hitch;
- said frame means having a left and a right edge means each having a jack connector means functioning to removably connect to each of said left and right jack assembly means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.