Patent ID: 8757462
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An equipment carrier for mounting to a vehicle, comprising: equipment support structure having an equipment support area configured to support an item of equipment from the vehicle in a suspension-type manner; at least one flexible elongated vehicle engagement member extending downwardly from the equipment support structure, wherein the flexible elongated vehicle engagement member extends along a longitudinal axis and defines a lower end having a hook member that is configured for engagement with the vehicle to maintain the equipment support structure in position on the vehicle; and a stabilizing member carried by the flexible elongated vehicle engagement member, wherein the stabilizing member is separate from and located between the hook member and the equipment support structure and defines an equipment engagement area configured to engage the item of equipment, wherein the equipment engagement area is offset from the longitudinal axis of the flexible elongated vehicle engagement member, and wherein the stabilizing member further includes an equipment engagement arrangement that is configured to be positioned about the item of equipment and that engages the item of equipment against the equipment engagement area at a location below the equipment support structure and above the hook member, wherein, when the equipment support structure is positioned on the vehicle and the hook member is engaged with the vehicle, the stabilizing member is engaged with the item of equipment via the equipment engagement arrangement below the equipment support area and above the hook member to draw the item of equipment against the equipment engagement area and stabilize the item of equipment against swaying movement during movement of the vehicle.