JPH08253182A - Basket mounting-demounting device for bicycle or the like and its hookingly hanging metal fitting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make a basket mountable on and demountable from a carrier of a bicycle, a motocycle or the like in a single operation by a hooking fastening metal fitting. CONSTITUTION: A basket mounting-demounting device is provided with a hooking fastening metal fitting B which pivotally supports a hookingly hanging means 4 such as a hooking fastening plate having a hookingly hanging part on the tip by a U-shaped part of an installing plate 1 which can be installed by a fixing means 2 such as a bolt by being sandwiched by a carrier A so as to freely rise up and fall down and is formed by being always energized in the tilting direction by an energizing means 5 such as a spring, and is provided with a basket C which has a single or plural-stage inserting holes 6 on a front face and has a locking means 7 on a bottom surface, and the basket C is made mountable on and demountable from the carrier A by the locking means 7 and the hookingly mounting metal fitting B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a load basket attachment / detachment device for a bicycle or the like and a metal fitting for the load basket which can be easily attached / detached to / from a load basket attached to a luggage carrier such as a bicycle or a motorcycle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of attaching a meshed load car to the rear cargo bed of a bicycle, a mounting plate is attached to the lower part of a frame rod or the like which constitutes the rear cargo bed, and the bottom of the car and bolts and nuts are used. There is a thing to tighten and fix.

[0003]

As described in the prior art, since the luggage basket is fixed to the luggage carrier, it is not convenient for the bicycle user to remove the luggage basket when the user does not use the luggage basket. It was not easy, and it was not possible to remove the luggage basket and use it as a luggage basket when shopping, and it took time and effort to install the luggage basket, which was inconvenient in actual use.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned inconveniences by engaging and disengaging a latching metal fitting provided on a luggage carrier of a bicycle, a motorcycle, or the like to the luggage basket by the action of a spring to securely secure the luggage basket to the luggage carrier with one touch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a detachable load basket attachment / detachment device for bicycles and the like, and a hook fitting for easily attaching the load basket to a luggage carrier and stopping the load basket.

[0005]

The load-carrying device for bicycles according to claim 1 of the present invention is attached to a U-shaped portion 3 of a mounting plate 1 which can be clamped by a load carrier A and fixed by a fixing means 2 such as bolts. A latching member B is provided which supports the latching means 4 such as a latching plate in a freely undulating manner and is always biased in the tilting direction by the spring biasing means 5.
It has one or a plurality of insertion holes 6 on the front surface and the loading platform A on the bottom surface.
A cargo car C having a locking rod or other locking means 7 capable of being inserted and locked is provided, and after the locking means 7 of the cargo car C is locked to the cargo bed A,
It is characterized in that the retaining means 4 of the retaining metal fitting B standing upright against the urging means can be pressed against the insertion hole 6 of the cargo basket C by the restoring force of the urging means 5.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the latching plate is undulated by the shaft 8 on the U-shaped portion 3 provided on the side surface of the mounting plate 1 which is sandwiched by the loading platform A and attached by the fixing means 2 such as bolts. The mounting plate 1 is supported so that the spring 5 is freely supported and the retaining plate 4 is always biased in the tilting direction.
And a retaining plate 4 in association with the retaining plate 4, and a receiving portion 9 for receiving the retaining plate 4 at a substantially horizontal position is formed at the tip of the U-shaped portion 3.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the mounting plate 1 of the hook metal fitting B is applied to the upper and lower sides of the front part of the cargo bed A and tightened and fixed by the bolts and nuts, and the cargo basket C is mounted on the cargo bed A, the metal fitting first The hooking plate 4 of B is raised against the bar 5, and the U-shaped locking rod 7 at the bottom of the cargo basket C is inserted into the frame rod at the rear part of the loading platform A and locked, and then the hooking metal B is hooked. When the stopper plate 4 is provided with the restoring force of the spring 5 and the hooking portion at the tip of the hooking plate 4 is provided with one insertion hole 6 on the front surface of the cargo basket C or with a plurality of upper and lower insertion holes 6, Depending on the position, the product is inserted into one of the insertion holes 6 and hooked to fix the cargo basket to the carrier.

When it is an obstacle without using the cargo basket, or when the cargo basket is used as a carrying basket, in order to remove the cargo basket from the cargo bed, the latch plate 4 is raised against the spring 5 to insert the cargo basket into the insertion hole. 6 and then remove the U-shaped locking rod 7 at the bottom of the rear loading basket C from the frame rod at the rear of the loading platform to remove the loading basket. When the loading basket is removed, the latch plate 4 starts to spring. With the restoring force of 5, it will not fall down in the loading platform A and get in the way.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mounting plate 1 is attached to the loading platform A by means of fixing means such as bolts 2, and the retaining plate 4 is erected against the spring 5 by using the shaft 8 as a fulcrum. When the catch C is hooked in the insertion hole 6 of the car C and the catching plate 4 is tilted by the restoring force of the spring 5, the catching part 9 is provided at the tip of the U-shaped part 3 on the side surface of the mounting plate 1. 9 so that it can be received in a substantially horizontal position.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 8, A is a vertical and horizontal member,
For example, a bicycle carrier fixed by combining a frame rod a bent in a U shape and a horizontal rod b passed in the lateral direction, B is a metal fitting of the present invention attached to this carrier, and C is a mesh basket. .

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the hook B
Is an integrally formed U-shaped portion 3 on the side surface of the upper mounting plate 1 of the pair of mounting plates 1 and 1 ′ that is clamped from above and below the frame rod that constitutes the platform A, and both ends of the U-shaped portion 3 are A hooking plate 4 which is bent inward to integrally form a catching part 9 for receiving a catching plate 4 described below at a substantially horizontal position, and a shaft 8 supported by the U-shaped part 3 has a catching part 4a at its tip. And the spring 5 is wound around the shaft 8 so that one end is locked to the mounting plate 1 and the other end is locked to the recess 4b provided in the middle of the locking plate 4, The stop plate 4 is always biased in the tilting direction and hits the receiving portion 9 to receive it.

The engaging portion 4a at the tip of the engaging plate 4 has an arc shape and is adapted to be engaged with the insertion hole 6. Further, the height of the receiving portion 9 at the tip of the U-shaped portion 3 is set slightly lower than that of both side walls, and when the retaining plate 4 is tilted by the restoring force of the spring 5 and is received by the receiving portion 9, It is preferable that the stop plate 4 is not exposed on the upper surface of the U-shaped portion 3. The latch plate 4 and the spring 5 are not limited to those shown in the figure.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cargo basket C has a fixing plate 10 having an insertion hole 6 for inserting and engaging the latching portion 4a of the latching plate 4 at the lower part of the mesh on the front surface of the basket. Also, the bottom surface has a U-shaped portion a'at the rear end of the frame rod that constitutes the loading platform A at the tip.
A stepped locking rod 7 having a locking portion 7a to be inserted into is fixed.

A bank (not shown) can be attached to and detached from the cargo basket C by utilizing the mesh on the upper portion of the cargo basket C so that it can be used as a carrying basket. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the bicycle is attached to the luggage carrier of the bicycle has been described, but the invention is not limited to this, and the invention can be applied to the luggage carrier of a motorcycle. Further, in the embodiment, the latch plate is configured to be received by the receiving portion at the tip of the U-shaped portion when tilted, but it is not limited to this.
The end of the latch plate can be received by the side rod b of the loading platform.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment in which the insertion holes of the cargo basket are vertically arranged in two stages. The fixing plate 1 on the front face of the car is shown in FIGS.
The insertion holes 6 are provided in parallel above and below 0 so that the hooking portion 4a of the hooking plate 4 can be inserted and hooked in any one of the upper and lower insertion holes 6 when the mounting position of the cargo basket on the loading platform moves back and forth. There is.
The number of the insertion holes 6 provided in the fixed plate 10 is not limited to the number in the above embodiment. Reference numeral 11 is a support rod 13 for extending the frame rod of the loading platform A and attaching it to the frame 12 of the bicycle D.
Is a support rod that supports the side portion of the loading platform A on the axle.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
1 to 5, in the embodiment shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 8, 1'is laid across the upper and lower sides of the frame rod a of the loading platform A of the bicycle D, and the U-shaped portion 3 of the upper mounting plate 1 is applied to the horizontal rod b so that the bolts and nuts are positioned. It is fixedly provided with 2, and the retaining plate 4 of this retaining metal B is raised against the restoring force of the spring 5, and the lower portion of the U-shaped portion a'of the U-shaped frame rod at the rear of the loading platform A. After inserting and locking the U-shaped locking rod 7 at the bottom of the cargo basket C, when the latch plate 4 is released, the restoring force of the spring 5 inserts and locks it in the insertion hole 6 on the front face of the cargo basket. .

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cargo basket C is used.
Even if the position where the locking means 7 is locked to the loading platform A is slightly shifted back and forth, the locking part 4a of the locking plate 4 is locked in any of the upper and lower insertion holes 6 on the front surface of the cargo basket C. Can be fixed.

On the contrary, when the cargo basket C is to be removed from the cargo bed A, the latch plate 4 is pulled up against the spring 5 to remove the latch portion 4a from the insertion hole 6 and the front portion of the cargo basket C. And the locking rod 7 at the bottom of the rear loading basket C is attached to the U of the frame rod a at the rear of the loading platform.
The cargo basket C can be removed by removing it from the character portion a '. When the loading basket C is removed from the loading platform A, the retaining plate 4 tilts due to the restoring force of the spring 5, and the receiving portion 9 at the tip of the U-shaped portion 3 is tilted.
Can be received horizontally.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the rear portion of the cargo basket is locked to the cargo bed by the bottom locking means, and the hooking plate of the hooking metal provided on the cargo bed is raised to lift the cargo car. The load basket can be fixed with one touch simply by pressing it into the insertion hole on the front side with a biasing device such as a spring, and since the load basket is pressed against it with the biasing device, the load basket is attached to the rear locking device and the latch plate. It can be securely held in a state of being sandwiched by.

Further, when it is unnecessary without using the cargo basket, or when the cargo basket is used as a hand luggage basket, the latch plate of the latch metal fitting is raised against the spring as necessary, and the insertion hole 6 for the cargo basket is provided. It is possible to easily remove the luggage basket from the luggage carrier by simply removing the luggage basket and then removing the locking means of the luggage basket from the frame rod of the luggage carrier, and the removed luggage basket can be used as a hand luggage basket.

Further, in the case where insertion holes are provided on the front surface of the cargo basket in a plurality of upper and lower stages, a plurality of latching portions of the latching plates of the latching metal fittings are provided even when the position of the cargo basket to be locked to the luggage carrier is displaced back and forth. Since it can be pressed against any of the insertion holes of the step, it is convenient for stopping the cargo basket.

According to the hooking metal fitting of claim 2 of the present invention,
You can easily attach the mounting plate to the frame rod of the luggage carrier of a bicycle, a motorcycle, etc. with fixing means such as bolts, and use a hook plate on the front part of the cargo basket that is appropriately locked to the luggage carrier with the locking means. It can be urged and locked so that the luggage basket can be stopped on the luggage carrier with one touch.

Further, when the cargo basket is removed from the cargo bed, the retaining plate falls down due to the restoring force of the spring and is received by the receiving portion at a substantially horizontal position,
It is possible to prevent the latch plate from being exposed above the luggage carrier so that it does not interfere with the luggage placed on the luggage carrier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a load basket attaching / detaching device for a bicycle or the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a latch.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway plan view of the same portion.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of the embodiment in which the loading basket has one insertion hole.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the same cargo basket is hooked on a cargo bed with hooking metal fittings.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of an embodiment in which a loading basket insertion hole has two upper and lower stages.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the same cargo basket is hooked on a cargo bed with hooking metal fittings.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state where the luggage basket is installed on the luggage carrier of the bicycle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A loading platform B locking metal fittings C loading basket 1 mounting plate 2 bolts 3 when die 4 locking plate 5 spring 6 insertion hole 7 locking rod 8 shaft 9 receiving part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A latch plate or the like having a latch portion at the tip of a U-shaped portion (3) of a mounting plate (1) which can be clamped to a cargo bed (A) and attached by a fixing means (2) such as a bolt. A latching metal fitting (B) is provided which supports the latching means (4) in a freely undulating manner and is always biased in a tilting direction by a biasing means (5) such as a spring, and one or more insertion holes are provided in the front surface. A cargo basket (C) having (6) and provided with locking means (7) such as a locking rod capable of being inserted into and locked by the cargo bed (A) is provided on the bottom surface, and the cargo basket (C) is locked. After the means (7) is locked to the loading platform (A), the hooking means (4) of the hooking metal (B) raised against the biasing means is inserted into the insertion hole (6) of the cargo basket (C). A load basket attaching / detaching device for a bicycle or the like, which is capable of being pressed and stopped by the restoring force of the biasing means (5). 2. A retaining plate (3) provided on the side surface of a mounting plate (1) attached to a loading platform (A) by a fixing means (2) such as a bolt and having a retaining portion at its tip. 4) is rotatably supported by a shaft (8), and the spring (5) is attached to the mounting plate (1) and the retaining plate (4) so that the retaining plate (4) is always biased in the tilting direction. A retaining metal fitting, which is provided in association with the U-shaped portion (3) and has a receiving portion (9) for receiving the retaining plate (4) at a substantially horizontal position at a tip thereof.