JPH08253080A - Carrier member - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate installation of a carrier member onto a supporting rod. CONSTITUTION: This carrier member 1, which is used to mount a removable ski 10 or the like onto a supporting rod 3 provided at an automotive roof, is provided with inner and outer end fixing parts 20, 21 onto the supporting rod 3, one of which is constituted of an upward contact part 38 and a downward contact part 39 apart from in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a carrier member for mounting cargo such as skis on an automobile roof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for fixing the carrier member to a support rod installed on an automobile roof is well known. For example, a carrier member capable of sandwiching a pair of skis or a pair of skis from above and below may be provided along a supporting rod, and bolts arranged at both ends of the member may be tightened and fixed.

[0003]

Since the supporting rod is normally installed in the width direction of the roof of the vehicle, when the carrier member is fixed to the supporting rod, the center line of the carrier member of the vehicle can be fixed even if a step such as a stepladder is used. There is a problem that it is difficult to reach the end portion near the end, and it takes time and effort to tighten the bolt at the end portion.

In view of this, the present invention has an object to eliminate the need for bolting of one end of a carrier member by pinching the supporting rod from above and below by a pair of abutting portions formed on the one end. .

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides means for solving the above problems as follows.

The present invention is premised on a carrier member which can be attached to and detached from a supporting rod installed on a roof of an automobile for carrying cargo.

Under such a premise, the carrier member is rotatably supported by a support member on which a cargo is placed and an end portion of the support member so that the carrier member can be detachably attached to the opposite end portion of the one end portion. An arm member that can be pressed against the cargo that is placed in combination from above, and a pair of fixing means to the supporting rod located on the lower surface side of each of the one end portion and the opposing end portion of the supporting member, One of the fixing means is composed of a pair of upper and lower abutment portions having a vertical separation distance and a required horizontal separation distance which are slightly smaller than the dimension between the upper and lower surfaces of the support rod, of which the upper portion It is a feature of the present invention that the contact portion is arranged closer to the other of the fixing means than the lower contact portion.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention,
The other fixing means is provided with a force adjusting mechanism for fixing to the supporting rod. Further, the supporting rod can be inserted laterally between the pair of upper and lower contact portions.

[0009]

In such a carrier member, one fixing means composed of a pair of abutting portions is used by being positioned near the center line of the automobile. When the carrier member is tilted so that the one of the fixing means is on the lower side and the other is on the upper side, the supporting rod can be laterally inserted between the contact portions which are vertically and horizontally separated from each other. Next, when the carrier member is horizontally placed along the supporting rod, the supporting rods can be clamped by the upper and lower contact portions, and the corresponding contact portions act as fixing means.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the carrier member according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile roof showing a usage state of a carrier member 1 mainly used for mounting a ski. A pair of roof rails 2 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are provided on both left and right sides of the roof, and two supporting rods 3 are attached to the pair of roof rails 2 in parallel. Carrier members 1 are fixed to the left and right ends of each of the supporting rods 3 so as to be aligned in the front-rear direction of the automobile, and a ski can be mounted by using the pair of carrier members 1 arranged in front and rear. The roof rail 2 and the supporting rod 3 are detachably attached via a connecting tool 5, and an example of such a connecting tool 5 is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 7-4188, which is the same applicant as the present application.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1 and shows the details of the structure of the carrier member 1. However, in FIG. 2, the member 1 is in an open state for holding the ski 10 shown by phantom lines, and the carrier member 1
A partial view of the carrier member 1 and the support rod 3 is shown in phantom to explain the procedure for attaching the support rod 3 to the support rod 3. In the figure, a carrier member 1 includes a support member 12 having a pipe-shaped rubber cushion member 11 for mounting a ski 10, and a support shaft located above an inner end (right side in the drawing) of the member 12. A pipe-shaped rubber cushion member 15 which is pivotally attached to the ski 13 and can be pressed against the ski 10 from above.
And the inner and outer end fixing portions 20 and 21 located on the respective lower surface sides of the inner and outer end portions of the support member 12.

In the support member 12, the lower end portion 26 of the support member 23 made of a plastic molded product is fitted to the inner end portion of the support portion main body 22 formed of a metal square pipe from the right side of the drawing, and the screw 17
The upper end 25 of the hook member 24, which is a plastic molded product, is fitted to the outer end from the left side and fixed with the screw 19. The hook member 24 includes a downward hook 24A extending horizontally from the outer end portion of the support portion main body 22,
It has a skirt portion 24B that extends downward so that the constituent members of the outer end fixing portion 21 do not come into direct contact with the eyes. The skirt portion 24B has the tip of the supporting rod 3 on the side of the automobile. There are notches 24C and 24D that are open downward to extend toward each other.

The arm member 16 has an arm body 27 made of a metal square pipe, and the urging spring 2 is centered on the support shaft 13.
It is possible to turn clockwise by 8. Arm body 27
A hook member 30 having substantially the same outer shape as that of the column member 23 of the support member 12 is provided at the outer end of the support member 12, and can be rotated counterclockwise with respect to the main body 27 by a biasing spring 32 about a support shaft 31. There is an upward hook 30A inside the lower end portion of the hook member 30, and when the open arm member 16 is turned counterclockwise as shown in the drawing, it abuts against a predetermined position (not shown) of the support member 12 and stops. The hook 30A comes under the hook 24A as shown in phantom. Then, when the hand is released, the arm member 16 pivots clockwise by the action of the biasing spring 13, and the hook 30A meshes with the hook 24A from below. In order to release this meshing, the arm member 16 is pushed down and slightly rotated counterclockwise, and the hook member 3
0 is rotated clockwise against the biasing spring 32. Since the arm member 16 can swivel in this way, the cushion member 1 can be obtained by placing the pair of skis 10 or one ski 10 on the support member 12 and then pushing down the arm member 16.
It can be sandwiched between 1 and 14.

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2 and shows the shape of the inner end fixing portion 20. As is clear from FIG. 2, the inner end fixing portion 20 includes an L-shaped upper holding plate 35, a lower holding plate 36, both of these 35,
It is a bent or welded product of a metal plate consisting of a connecting plate 37 perpendicular to 36, and the processed product is mostly a skirt portion 23A formed by extending the support member 23 downward so as not to be directly visible. Is covered. As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed portion 20 and the skirt portion 23A covering it are substantially C-shaped. Each of the upper and lower restraining plates 35, 36 has an abutting portion 38, 3 for the upper and lower surfaces 3A, 3B of the supporting rod 3.
9, the upper contact portion 38 is located closer to the outer end fixing portion 21 than the lower contact portion 39. Also, the contact portion 3
8 and 39 have a separation distance of d in the vertical direction and L in the horizontal direction, and the distance d is slightly smaller than the thickness D of the supporting rod.
Therefore, when the support member 1 is tilted with the inner end fixing portion 20 facing downward as shown in the partial view shown by the phantom line on the right side of FIG. 2, the supporting rod 3 is inserted between the contact portions 38 and 39 on the right side of FIG. It can be inserted by anyone. If necessary, the support member 1 is displaced to the required position of the support rod 3 and then made substantially horizontal according to the arrow X, the support rod 3 is pinched by the contact portions 38 and 39, and the inner end portion of the support member 1 is supported. It can be fixed to the rod 3.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2 and shows the outer end fixing portion 21 constituted by the fixing tool 50 and the skirt portion 24B of the hook member 24. However, the fixture 50 of FIG. 4 is shown in a position lower than that of the fixture 50 of FIG. 2 in order to show the procedure for attaching the supporting rod 3. 2 and 4, the fixture 50 includes a support fitting 51 having an inverted U-shaped groove, a contact plate 54 having small bent portions 52 and 53 at both ends, and a bolt 55. Support bracket 5
1 has through holes 58 and 59 into which the bent portions 52 and 53 of the contact plate 54 can be inserted and removed from the inside at the lower ends of the left and right side walls 56 and 57. The bent portion 52 is hooked in the through hole 58, and the bent portion 53 is disengaged from the through hole 59.
When the supporting rod 3 is inserted into the groove 1 and the bent portion 53 of the abutting plate 54 is hooked in the through hole 59, the supporting rod 3 can be supported from the lower surface side as shown by the imaginary line. The lower end of the bolt 55 is screwed into the screw hole 60 in the center of the upper portion of the support fitting 51, and the head of the upper end is attached to the upper surface of the hook member 24 by the spring washer 6.
It is abutting via 2. When the bolt 55 is turned clockwise, the support fitting 51 rises, the support rod 3 also rises accordingly, and its upper surface abuts against the upper edge of the cutout 24D of the skirt portion 24B and stops (see FIG. 2). At this time, the supporting rod 3 is pinched by the contact plate 54, the upper edge 24D and the rib 24E in the vicinity thereof. In addition, the side wall 56 of the support fitting 51,
Reference numeral 57 denotes a bent portion 56 that can contact the inner surface of the skirt portion 24B.
Since it has A and 57A, even if the bolt 55 is turned, the metal fitting 5
1 does not swing or rotate greatly in the left-right direction in FIG.

In this carrier member 1, the hook member 30 is used.
Locking metal fitting 6 for locking the arm member 16 closed to the
5 is attached, and when a key (not shown) is inserted and turned in a predetermined direction, the locking claw 66 turns inside the hook member 30,
As shown by the phantom line in FIG. 2, the tip portion is the hook member 2
It contacts the upper surface of the protrusion 67 of No. 4. By the contact, the downward movement of the hook member 30 can be prevented, and the engagement between the hooks 24A and 30A can be maintained.

[0018]

According to the carrier member of the present invention, one of the fixing portions for the supporting rod is composed of a pair of supporting portions which are vertically and horizontally separated from each other, and the supporting rod can be fixed by simply inserting the supporting rod between the supporting portions. Since it becomes possible, even if the carrier member is long, it does not take much time to mount it.
If such a carrier member can be adjusted in tightening force when it is fixed to the supporting rod by using a bolt or the like on the other side of the fixing portion, the carrier member can be easily mounted and the fixed state can be solid.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile roof showing a usage state of a carrier member.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 carrier member 3 supporting rod 12 supporting member 16 arm member 20 inner end fixing portion (means) 21 outer end fixing portion (means) 38 upper contact portion 39 lower contact portion

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A carrier member which is attachable to and detachable from a supporting rod installed on a roof of an automobile for carrying cargo, the carrier member being a support member on which the cargo is placed, and an opening / closing mechanism at one end of the support member. An arm member that is rotatably supported and that can be press-contacted from above to the cargo that is removably engaged with the opposite end portion of the one end when closed, and the one end portion and the opposite end portion of the support member. It is composed of a pair of fixing means to each of the supporting rods located on the lower surface side of each, one of the fixing means is a vertical separation distance slightly smaller than the dimension between the upper and lower surfaces of the supporting rod and the required horizontal direction. The carrier member is composed of a pair of upper and lower abutment portions having a separation distance to the supporting rod, and an upper abutment portion of the abutment portions is arranged closer to the other of the fixing means than a lower abutment portion. . 2. The carrier member according to claim 1, wherein the other fixing means includes a force adjusting mechanism for fixing to the supporting rod. 3. The carrier member according to claim 1, wherein the supporting rod can be laterally inserted between the pair of upper and lower contact portions.