US1431430A

US1431430A - Luggage carrier

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Publication number: US1431430A
Application number: US417613A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gilbert A Roth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-10-18
Filing date: 1920-10-18
Publication date: 1922-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 1939-10-10

Description

G. A. ROTH.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED on: 18. |9 2o.

Patented Oct. W, 1922'.

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i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L GILamir A. Born,

a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Adamsand State of Nebraska, have invented certain newand useful improvements in Luggage Carriers, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements'in luggage carriers of that type devised for detachable connection to the running board of a motor vehicle or the like and capable of adjustment to'accommodate articles of various sizes and characters.

The primary objectin view is to provide a device of this nature capable of being folded into compact form when not in use, but which maybe readily extended and at;

tached in positionwhen desired.

In carrying out the invention I employ supporting standards connected bymeans of a lazy tongs structure the"particular. connection between such parts forming an important feature of my invention and frame members cooperating with the standard so as to form retaining means preventing accidental endwise and lateraldisplacement of articles carried upon the running board of the vehicle.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and, accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same extended in applied position; 7

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

. Figures 3, 4 and 5 are horizontal sectional views through the connections between the lazy tong structure and the standards, on the planes indicated by the lines 3--3, 4-4 and 5-45, respectively, of Fig. 1;

Figure 6 is an enlargeddetail view, partly broken away and showing the strap arrange ment used with this device, and,

Figure 7 1s an end view of the clamplng bracket for the standards.

Throughout the following description and on the several figures of the drawing similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the running board of a motor vehicle to which the luggage carrier of this invention is designedto be connected in a somewhat conventional manner.-The carrier comprises the end standards 2 and'the intermediate standard3, each of which is provided with a U-shaped clamping bracket 4, the upper sideof which rests upon thesurface of the running boardwliile the underside en.- gages beneath the latter and carries the clamping screw 5 by means'of which the standard is securely held in position. The upright part 2 of each supporting stand ard is formed of strap iron, for example, and bent atits lower end to forma foot 2 which is receivedbetween spaced ribs 4 on the upper surface of the clamp 4 and dc"- tachab ly secured to said clamp by means of the cap screw 6. These end standards each embody aframe consisting of the angular piece 7 and thebrace piece 8 secured by detachable bolts 9 to the clamping bracket and upright piece 2 as shown most clearly inFig. 8. The central standard 3 is not provided with this frame 6 necessarily, although such piece may be utilized on all of the. standards when desired. The standards 2 are connected bymeans of a lazytong structure 10 consisting of the usual corresponding levers pivoted together at their ends and centrally; so as to enable the parts to be expanded and contracted in the usual manner.

Thelazy tong structure is connected to the end standards at each end by means of a I element 14.

It will be noted that the connection of the lazy tong structure to the standards differs from those carriers of conventional form in which it is necessary to secure one of the levers rigidly to the end standard and the other slidably to said standard to enable the parts to be extended and contracted. This simplifies the manufacturing of the device and insures greater facility in operation. Articles of varying sizes or lengths may be disposedupon the running board when the carrier. is adjusted so as tobe retained thereby. However, it is desirable at times to morepositively fix the luggage against displacement, and to this end I have constructed the carrier of this invention so that a strap member 15 may be attached to engage about the articles disposed upon the running board. For this purpose the outer end of the clamping bracket 4 is formed with an eye 16 to receive the snap hook 17 of the strap, which latter passes preferably through a slot 18 at the top of they standard and secured to an eye bolt 19 detachably fixed to inner end of the clamping member through the second snap hook 17 The adjustment and application of the luggage carrier is a simple matter with this typeofconstruction and the articles to be carried are well secured against displacement in travel overrough roads, owing to the specific structure involved in this invention 'Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a luggage carrier of the class described, a lazy-tong structure, a pair of standards each having means at its lower end for clampin it to a running board, and means for pivotally connecting the standards at a single point to the respective extreme ends of said lazy-tong structure, said means comprising a U-shaped clip passing through a slot in the standard and pivoted to the end of the lazy-tong by the pivot member connecting the end bars of the lazy-tong.

In alug'gage carrier of the type described, a pair of clamping brackets adapted to'be secured to the running board of a vehicle and each comprising an arm adapted to rest upon and extend transversely of the upper surface of the running board, a frame detachably's ecured to each of said. brackets and'comprising a pair of parallel upright standards attached to said arm near the ends thereof, a member parallel to said arm and connecting the upper end of one of said standards to the other of said standards and a diagonal brace extending between and connected to said standards, and a lazy- I tong structure having its opposite ends connected to the outer standards of the clamping brackets.

3. In a luggage carrier of the class described, the combination with a lazy-tong structure, end standards connected therewith to support the same, a standard for the middle portion of the lazy-tong structure, clamping means for each of the standards to secure it to the running board of a vehicle and luggage holding means comprising a strap device connected with the outer end of the middle standard clamping means, also connected with the top of said middle standard and extending to and connected with the inner end of the said middle standard clamping means, forming a bracing means for said middle standard.

4. In a luggage carrier of the class described, a pair of clamping brackets adapted to be secured to the running board of a "vehicle and each comprising an arm adapted to rest upon and extend transversely of the upper surface of the running board, each of said arms having lateral flanges, an upright standard for each bracket having a base projecting at right angles thereto and fitting between the flanges of the bracket arm, fastening means passing through the angle portion whereby the standard is prevented from turning with respect to the arm, and a lazy-tong structure having its opposite ends connected to said standards,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GILBERT A. ROTH.