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Load carrier for motor vehicles

US7857180B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

8References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Bergerhoff · Hamburg, DE
Michael Waller · Hamburg, DE
Gerald Hahn · Schenectady, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2007
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S224/924
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle carrier includes a base holder mountable to a vehicle and a support holder for holding a bicycle. The holders both include front and rear frames which extend transversely to a longitudinal vehicle direction. The support holder is movable in the longitudinal direction between a neutral position in which the holders extend over one another and an operating position in which the holders extend out from one another. The front frames meet when the support holder is in the neutral position and the rear frames meet when the support holder is in the operating position. A switch has a pair of switching components respectively located on one of the pair of front frames or the pair of rear frames. The switching components contact one another to activate the switch when the pair of frames meet and the switch actuates an indicator device upon being activated.

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