Patent ID: 8910964
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B60D,B60R

Abstract:
1. An insert bar assembly for a hitch-rack load carrier comprising a leveraged, diagonally directed expander for securing the insert bar assembly in a rectangularly shaped hitch receiver, the insert bar assembly comprising: an elongate hitch-attachment bar having a length, width and height, and comprising a hitch-receiver insert portion located proximate a lead-in end of the bar; an expander that extends and retracts relative to an exterior surface of the hitch-receiver insert portion in response to relative motion of the expander on the bar; and a leveraging rocker-arm inter-coupling the expander, the hitch-attachment bar and a manually operable actuator for moving the expander along the hitch-receiver insert portion in response to manipulation of the actuator.