Patent ID: 6616023
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
A stabilizing support for use in securing an article to a vehicle-mounted carrier having an axially extending load-carrying member, comprising:a first support section adapted for engagement with the load-carrying member and including a first support structure adapted for engagement with the article in a first location; and a stabilizer section movably mounted relative to the first support section, wherein the stabilizer section includes an inner mounting section that is interconnected with and extends outwardly from the load-carrying member, and a pair of legs that are interconnected with and extend outwardly from the inner mounting section, wherein the inner mounting section and the pair of legs extend radially outwardly relative to the load-carrying member, wherein each log defines an inner end and an outer end, wherein the inner ends of the legs are connected together and wherein the legs are not connected together throughout the length of each leg between its inner end and its outer end to define an open area therebetween that terminates in a closed end defined by the connected inner ends of the legs, wherein the inner mounting section of the stabilizer section is operable to position the closed end of the open area outwardly from the load-carrying member, wherein the stabilizer section is movable relative to the first support section to a stabilizing position in which a portion of the article is received within the open area between the pair of legs so as to engage the article in a second location vertically spaced from the first location, to stabilize the article against swinging motion when the article is supported in the first location by the first support section.