Patent ID: 9248785
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B60R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicular mounted load carrier comprising: an upright leg having an opening formed at a lower distal end thereof; a removable blocking device having an interference portion coupled to an insert portion configured to be releasably coupled to the opening formed; a base member forming a receiving passage therethrough, the receiving passage having a lower opening configured to receive the upright leg and the interference portion having a dimension that is greater than a corresponding dimension of the lower opening to the receiving passage extending through the base member; the interference portion having an abutment surface configured to blockingly engage the base member proximate the lower opening to the receiving passage; and a lock, configured to prevent removal of the removable blocking device, contained at least partially within the insert portion of the removable blocking device, the lock being transitional between a locked configuration in which the removable blocking device is locked to the upright leg wherein a portion of the lock extends through the insert portion and is engaged with a receiving portion of the upright leg and an unlocked configuration in which the removable blocking device is released from the upright leg wherein the portion of the lock is disengaged with the receiving portion of the upright leg.