Vehicle carrier
Assignee2468336 Ontario Inc.
InventorsChristopher Norman O'Neil, James Theodore Dorner
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Abstract
A carrier for vehicles having a base shaped like a quadrilateral, more specifically a parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides and no right angles. Furthermore, the base has a vertical support coupled through a housing to each vertex wherein the support is collapsible having an upright and a horizontal orientation. Each vertex of the frame comprises a target to permit the stacking of the carriers by allowing the vertical supports of a lower carrier to be inserted into the target of an upper carrier. The frame of the carrier is provided with means for securing the motorcycle to the frame and with entry chambers to lift the carrier using forklifts.
Claims14
A carrier for vehicles, the carrier comprising:
- a) a base frame comprising four sides connected in a quadrilateral formation, a first pair of the sides opposing each other in a substantially parallel relation to each other, and being of substantially equal length, a second pair of the sides being adjacent to and connecting the first pair of the sides, the angles between adjacent sides in the base frame being non-right angled such that one opposing pair of corners is acute, and the other opposing pair of corners is obtuse, and such that a first distance defined by a length of the second pair of the sides is greater than a distance between the first pair of the sides to permit angled loading of the carrier into a shipping container for a vehicle whose length is greater than a width of the shipping container,
- wherein each corner of the base frame allows relative motion between the first and second pairs of the sides to adjust the angle between the sides and to increase or decrease the distance between the first pair of sides to permit the carrier to fit within shipping containers of different widths, and
- wherein at least one passage is provided to guide entry of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the passage being formed by two elongated members joined to the base frame, the elongated members extending between the first pair of the sides of the base frame;
- b) at least one baseplate connected to the base frame to at least in part support corresponding ground engaging portions of the vehicle and position the vehicle within an area defined by the sides of the base frame;
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- c) a vertical support member coupled at a lower end to each corner of the base frame to enable another vehicle carrier to be stacked on the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.