Side Folding Patents (Class 105/381)
  • Patent number: 10343614
    Abstract: A rack for supporting an article on a rear hatch of a vehicle includes a bracket mounted to an inner panel of the rear hatch. The rack also includes a hinge having a fixed portion mounted to the bracket and a pivotable portion. A support bar is connected to the pivotable portion and includes an article-receiving member. The support bar is pivotable via the hinge between a stowed position in which the support bar is nested with the rear hatch and a carrying position in which the support bar extends outwardly from the rear hatch allowing an article to be disposed on the article-receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alfredo Cuevas Vega, Hector Hernandez, Rafael Lugo Segura, Miguel Angel Velazquez Lopez
  • Patent number: 4240359
    Abstract: A freight carrier having a base structure forming a freight carrying platform which is provided at each corner with a corner post pivotally mounted for movement between an upright erect position and a folded position in which the post lies parallel to the platform. An interlocking mechanism is provided at each corner of the carrier to enable the carrier with the corner posts in their folded position, to be interlocked with a similar carrier which is stacked thereon and the interlocking mechanism includes a clamping arrangement to enable the stacked interlocked carriers to be clamped together. The interlocking mechanism is also arranged to lock an associated corner post in the erect position and clamps the corner post to the base structure in this erect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Dorothy Elizabeth Howe
    Inventor: Peter Howe