Patent ID: 9359019
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B62D,F16B

Claim Text:
1. An unhooking prevention structure for a spare tire carrier, comprising: a carrier main body portion for placing a spare tire and holding the spare tire below a floor plate of an automobile; a bolt including a shaft portion and a head portion on an axis, wherein the shaft portion is passed through the floor plate disposing the head portion on the floor plate, and the shaft portion includes a male screw below the floor plate; a hook hooked onto the carrier main body portion and including a female screw screwed into the male screw of the bolt so as to lift up the carrier main body portion by rotating the bolt around the axis; a rotation restriction mechanism including a fitting cap removably attached to the head portion of the bolt so as not to rotate around the axis relative to the bolt, and preventing the hook from disengaging the bolt by prohibiting the fitting cap from rotating at a predetermined angle or more; a decoration plate covering the floor plate from above, and formed with an opening for operating the bolt; and a floor cap removably placed for closing the opening of the decoration plate, wherein the fitting cap is connected to a lower side of the floor cap so as to relatively rotate around the axis relative to the floor cap.