Patent ID: 6846017
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A hitch mounted cargo carrier in combination with a vehicle, the vehicle having an adapter to receive a connecting bar, the carrier comprising a body having an upper side, a lower side, a first end, and an opposite second end, an inverted U-shaped channel being formed on the lower side of the body parallel to, and approximately at a midpoint between the first end and the second end of the body, the channel having an end distal from the vehicle, the channel having legs oriented outwardly from the body, the connecting bar having an extending arm having an end, distal from the vehicle, the connecting bar being received between the legs in the channel formed under the body wherein the body is supported on the vehicle, means for releasably connecting the end of the connecting bar to the body, wherein the end of the extending arm has a horizontal cross slot formed therein, the distal end of the channel having a notch formed in each leg thereof, the body having a plate pivotally mounted substantially parallel to the channel, wherein when the extending arm is received in the channel, the plate Is pivotally received in the horizontal cross slot in the extending arm and in the notch in each leg of the channel, thereby securing the body to the extending arm.