FR2664545A1

FR2664545A1 - Device for transporting cycles on lightweight tarpaulin-covered trailers

Info

Publication number: FR2664545A1
Application number: FR9009013A
Authority: FR
Inventors: Weibel Alfred
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1990-07-12
Filing date: 1990-07-12
Publication date: 1992-01-17

Abstract

The invention relates to a device making it possible to load easily and to transport up to 4 or 5 cycles or all terrain bikes above the tarpaulin (18) of a lightweight trailer, of the camping sort, without the risk of damaging it, and whilst allowing it to be removed without modifying the stowage (11, 12, 13) of the cycles. It consists of 4 uprights each one (3) fixed close to each corner of the trailer and, by means of its shapes, or with the aid of a shim, making it possible to form in the top of each wall in question a gap (17) into which the edge (18) of the tarpaulin will be inserted. These uprights support 2 crossmembers (6, 7) on which are fixed brackets (8, 15, 19, 20) immobilising each of the 2 wheels (9, 10) of the cycle held laterally by an oblique prop (13) fixed at its base to the neighbouring channel (15) by a spindle (21) allowing it to be folded along its channel (15) when the device is stored.

Description

Les Vélos " Tous Terrains ", les V.T.T., du fait de leur poids, double env. de celui des vélos classiques, sont difficiles et dangereux à charger sur le toit des voitures. IL existe bien des dispositifs spéciaux pour les charger à l'arriere, mais il n'est alors guère possible d'en mettre plus de deux; outre la surcharge, ces dispositifs dépassent La largeur du véhicule et gènent l'ouverture du coffre ou du hayon. "All Terrain" bikes, mountain bikes, due to their weight, double approx. of conventional bikes, are difficult and dangerous to load on the roof of cars. There are many special devices to load them in the back, but it is then hardly possible to put more than two; in addition to overloading, these devices exceed the width of the vehicle and interfere with the opening of the boot or the tailgate.

Les petites remorques Légères bachées, utilisées notamment par les campeurs, ne conviennent pas actuellement pour ce transport: la bâche relativement fragile, ne supporterait pas cet entassement et, d'autre part, l'arri- mage, long et difficile à effectuer correctement, ne permettrairpas d'accéder au chargement de la remorque, en cours de route par exemple, sans tout défaire
Le dispositif faisant t'objet de l'invention, remédie à ces inconvénients et resulte de la combinaison des moyens suivants:
- Un montant est fixé verticalement, à proximité de chaque coins de la remorque, sur environ Les deux tiers inférieurs de la hauteur des parois latérales.Chacun de ces quatre montants est prolongé Légérement, d'une dizaine de centimètres env., au dessus de la hauteur de sa paroi, en laissant un écart de 1 à 2 cm env. avec celle-ci; ceci afin de ménager un espace permettant d'y insérer le rebord de la bâche assurant la fermeture et L'étanchité.Small light trailers with tarpaulins, used in particular by campers, are not currently suitable for this transport: the relatively fragile tarpaulin would not withstand this crowding and, on the other hand, the stowage, long and difficult to carry out correctly, will not allow access to the trailer load, on the road for example, without undoing everything
The device forming the object of the invention overcomes these drawbacks and results from the combination of the following means:
- An upright is fixed vertically, near each corner of the trailer, for about two-thirds lower than the height of the side walls. Each of these four uprights is extended slightly, by about ten centimeters, above the height of its wall, leaving a gap of 1 to 2 cm approx. with it; this in order to provide a space for inserting the edge of the sheet ensuring the closing and sealing.

- Les montants de L'AR. et ceux de L'AV., sont respectivement reliés par deux traverses supportant plusieurs cornières, en forme de gouttières evasées par ex., immobilisant la base des pneus des cycles alignés parallélement. - The amounts of AR. and those of AV., are respectively connected by two crosspieces supporting several angles, in the form of flared gutters for example, immobilizing the base of the tires of the cycles aligned in parallel.

- Une béquille, pouvant être de formes diverses, en V inversé notamment, immobilisant Le cycle dans tous Les sens,agissant comme un éta;, est reliée d'une part, à l'un des tubes oblique du cadre et, d'autre part, à sa basef non pas sur sa propre gouttière, mais à La gouttière voisine écartée d'une vingtaine de cm. env. Quatre ou cinq V.T.T. pourront ainsi être chargés sans contact avec la bâche. - A crutch, which can be of various shapes, in particular in inverted V, immobilizing the cycle in all directions, acting as a step ;, is connected on the one hand, to one of the oblique tubes of the frame and, on the other hand, to his basef not on his own gutter, but to the neighboring gutter spaced about twenty cm apart. approx. Four or five V.T.T. can be charged without contact with the tarpaulin.

Si chaque gouttiére est occupée , une béquille Légèrement décalée pourra,sans inconvénient,être croisée avec sa voisine. If each gutter is occupied, a slightly offset crutch can, without inconvenience, be crossed with its neighbor.

- Ch que gouttière est,de préférence, trois pans plats et ses deux côtés symétriqueséuront alors le même angle que celui qui est formé par la béquille, afin que celle-ci soit repliable pour faciliter le rangement. - Ch that gutter is preferably three flat sides and its two symmetrical sides will then have the same angle as that which is formed by the stand, so that it is foldable for easy storage.

- Enfin,pour supporter ltensemble du dispositif chargé, les parois de ta remorque supportant les montants pourront, si nécessaire, être consolidées par un renfort fixé, de préférence à l'intérieur de la remorque; enfin la base de chaque montant sera si possible fixeesur le longeron même de la partie du chassis supportant la paroi. - Finally, to support the entire loaded device, the walls of your trailer supporting the uprights may, if necessary, be consolidated by a fixed reinforcement, preferably inside the trailer; finally the base of each upright will be fixed if possible on the same spar of the part of the chassis supporting the wall.

Le même dispositif s'appliquera également à une petite remorque semblable dont la bâche aura été remplacée par un couvercle rigide dont les rebords occuperont alors le même intervalle entre montants et parois. The same device will also apply to a similar small trailer whose tarpaulin will have been replaced by a rigid cover whose edges will then occupy the same interval between uprights and walls.

A titre d'exemple préférentiel la Fig. 1 représente, vue de côté, une remorque classique de camping supportant 1 V.T.T. As a preferred example, FIG. 1 represents, seen from the side, a conventional camping trailer supporting 1 V.T.T.

Les montants verticaux (2 et 3) sont fixés à leur base sur le longeron (4) du chassis, et, aux deux tiers supérieurs env. de sa paroi (1) par le bouton de serrage (5); ces montants supportent les traverses (6 et 7) sur lesquelles est fixée la cornière ou gouttière (8) qui immobilise, par leurs baseS,les roues (9 et 10) solidement amarrées par les courrois de cale-pieds (11 et 12). The vertical uprights (2 and 3) are fixed at their base on the frame member (4), and at the upper two thirds approx. from its wall (1) by the tightening button (5); these uprights support the crosspieces (6 and 7) on which is fixed the angle iron or gutter (8) which immobilizes, by their bases, the wheels (9 and 10) securely moored by the straps of toe clips (11 and 12).

La béquille (13) est fixée à son sommet par le collier démontable (14) et, à sa base,sur la gouttière voisine (15), par l'axe (21). The stand (13) is fixed at its top by the removable collar (14) and, at its base, on the neighboring gutter (15), by the axis (21).

La Fig. 2 représente le même dispositif, vu de L'arrière de la remorque, et montre la fixation de la béquille (13) sur l'un des côtés obliques de la gouttière voisine (15a ce côté formant avec l'ensemble le même angle oblique que celui de la gouttière (13) qui,par l'axe (21) pourra, au rangement, pivoter sur son axe (21) sans avoir besoin d'être démontée. Fig. 2 represents the same device, seen from the rear of the trailer, and shows the fixing of the stand (13) on one of the oblique sides of the neighboring gutter (15a this side forming with the whole the same oblique angle as that of the gutter (13) which, by the axis (21) can, during storage, pivot on its axis (21) without needing to be dismantled.

Cette Fig 2 montre aussi la conformation et la fixation du montant (3) constitué de deux parties en cornière U, réunies par la soudure (16) et qui permettent d'écarter Le haut te haut de ce montant de la paroi (1), afin de permettre d'insérer dans l'intervalle (17) le rebord de la bâche (18) assurant la fermeture et L'étanchité de la remorque. Elle montre également Les deux autres gouttières parallèles (19 et 20). La béquille du dernier cycle qui sera chargé pourra, pourra par un Léger décalage, croiser obliquement la précédente sans inconvénient. This Fig 2 also shows the conformation and the fixing of the upright (3) made up of two parts in angle U, joined by the weld (16) and which make it possible to separate the top from the top of this amount from the wall (1) in order to allow to insert in the interval (17) the edge of the cover (18) ensuring the closing and sealing of the trailer. It also shows The other two parallel gutters (19 and 20). The crutch of the last cycle which will be loaded may, by a slight offset, cross the previous one obliquely without inconvenience.

Le dispositif} objet de l'invention, permettra à tous les propriétaires de remorques Lègéres de transporter, en plus par exemple de leur matériel de camping, jusqu'à cinq cycles ou V.T.T. The device which is the subject of the invention will allow all owners of light trailers to transport, in addition to, for example, their camping equipment, up to five cycles or V.T.T.

Elle sera de nature à inciter les cyclistes à devenir campeurs et réciproquement, ceci d'autant plus que le paquet long et encombrant de L'armature des tentes pourra trouver sa place entre les gouttières. It will encourage cyclists to become campers and vice versa, especially since the long and bulky package of the tent frame can find its place between the gutters.

Il parait Logique de penser que la commercialisation de ce dispositif,qui pourra être livré en kit pour les remorques existantes, fera L'objet de fabrications industrielles exportables. It seems logical to think that the marketing of this device, which can be delivered as a kit for existing trailers, will be the subject of exportable industrial manufacturing.

Claims

1) Device for easily loading and transporting several cycles or mountain bikes placed side by side, above the tarpaulin of a light trailer, camping type, characterized in that this tarpaulin (18) is not in contact with the device loaded and that it may be removed during the journey without modifying the securing.

2) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it compotes several angles, or gutters, parallel, spaced from one another by 15 to 30 cm. approx. and which each immobilizes the wheels (9 and 10) of a cycle.

These gutters are placed in the direction of travel and in a plane parallel to that of the bottom of the trailer.

3) Device seLon claim 2, characterized in that these gutters are fixed on two crosspieces (6 and 7) supported themselves by four vertical uprights (2 and 3) placed near the four corners of the trailer.

4) Device according to claim 3, characterized in that each amount is fixed, using eg. of knurled head bolts unscrewable by hand, either on the wall itself, or upwards (5) on this wall and on the frame beam (4) at its base (22).

5) Device according to claims (2,3 and 4) characterized in that each cycle is immobilized at four points: by its wheels (9 and IO) on its gutter (8), this using a means that can be callepied belts (11 and 12), by its obLike stand (13) connecting its frame to the neighboring gutter (C15) and, finally, by a particular ball or shape at the front of its gutter (8) opposing possibly an inertial effort.

6) Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the oblique la-béquiLLe (13) is fixed, at the top, on a frame tube and at its base, not on its gutter (8) but on its neighbor (15) by an axis (21) allowing, when storing the device, not to have to dismantle it, but simply to fold it along its gutter (15).

7) Device according to claim 4, characterized in that a reinforcement, a plate of plywood 15mm for example, can be fixed inside the trailer, using eg. screws ~ for fixing the stretching buttons of the elastic of your tarpaulin (18), in order to consolidate each of the walls having to support the loaded device, if these walls prove to be fragile.

8) Device according to claims I and 2, characterized in that the total height of the trailer / device assembly will be advantageous to be the smallest possible in order to allow to load first only the front wheel, then lift easily The rear wheel and then rolling the cycle to its immobilization place.