US1465515A - Luggage carrier - Google Patents

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Aug. 21, 1923.

J. W. GORRELL LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed March 1922 Patented Aug. 21, 1923;

JOHN w. GORRELL,JOF'CONNELSVILLE, Mrssouer. r

j LUGGAGE Application filed March a,

This invention relates to luggage carriers for automobiles,'and particularlylto-a de-f tachable luggage carrier adapted to be asso-j mated with the runnlng or foot board of an automobile. c

An object of this invention is to provide.-.

a luggage carrier ofthe character indicated that can be made relatively-wide, as com pared with the width of the running board, in order that the capacity of the carrier will be increased, as compared with the capacity of carriers now in common use; andthe said invention further contemplates the provision of novel means whereby the carrier can be readily applied to or removed from the running board of an automobile, and the invention has further reference to novel means whereby the carrier is anchored at the outer edge of the running board in such a manner as to obviate accidental dislodgment or displacement of the running board, While atthe same time affording means for its detachment without manipulation of fastenings such as bolts, nuts or the like.

It is a further object ofthis invention to produce a'luggage carrier, the contents of which augments the efficiency of its means of anchorage to'the running board, due to the weight of the said contents. b

With the foregoing and-otherobjectsin view, the invention consists in the'details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. 7

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- 1 Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a running board showing a device embody-: ing the invention applied thereto;

Figure Zillustrates' a sectional View of the running board showing the luggage carrier in end elevation; and r CARRIER. Z

1922. Serial No. 542,188. 7

the. line of Figure 1'.

, igure 3 illustrates a sectional fview: on:

In car ylng the inventioninto practice,,Ij V prefer to 'construct it of'metal rods of relatively small gage, but the lengthof the carrierxand its width must be taken into conf 'sideration in the: selection of material: of V proper size andstrength; .71 f l, In the present embodiment of. the invention, the carrieris illustrated as comprising outer frame-like structure consisting'of a ahorizontally disposed top rail 5 and 1a parallel bottom,-railv6 that may bej oined I together by vertical or otherwise related ends? and 8. Theend'? of the frame, in;

this embodiment of the invention, isprovid-r ed with an integral arm 9 whichextends inwardly over the running board 10 audit is anchoredinplaceby "reason of the fact'that theend of'the-f arm extends through aneye V bolt 11 whiohmay be used asione of the fender fastenings by which a fender'is connectedto the running board, as is a common construction in automobiles. equivalent device may be employed as an anchorage for the inner end of. the arm which is shown as having its end 12 bent in order thata pull on the arm longitu-' dinally, will cause the binding of'the end of the arm and the anchorage that will prevent the dislodgment of the arm from the,

Of course any anchorage.- Another arm 13 extends from a the frame and it is of the same construction as the arm 9 and is applied to an anchor 14, similar to the anchor 11. An intermediate horizontal frame member 15 extends parallel withthe upper and lower sections 5 and 6 of the frame, and the said member 15' may have its ends anchored to the ends of'the frame in any appropriate way. I

Between the ends of the frame there IS a to the members 5, 6 and 15of the frame, and

this post, in the present embodiment of the invention, has an extension 17 which projects inwardly and terminates 1n an upward extension 18 adapted to lie against the under surface of the running board when the parts are in assembled positions, as shown in Fig. 3.

The frame is made, of resilient material 11 0 V in order that itmay be sprung sufiiciently v to' permit the insertion of the extension 1'? Vunderthe running board, and hence when 5 the guard is to be removed, it Will be necessary to spring or distort the frame by pressing it inwardly at the top to cause the extensions to pass'the edge of the running board when the guard is lifted.

As a means for preventing the 'dislodg-.

rigidity of construction, may be secured to it in appropriate way, as by Welding or the like.

immaterial. in the production of a luggage carrier embodying the invention, 'in What manner the'elements or rods of which the carrier is 'formed are connected together at their intersections, sincebne skilled in the art will understand that they may be riveted arms shall be such that they cannot be disengaged from their fastenings by a direct outward pull, and that the said carrier may the edge of a running board, means for anchoring the inner'ends of the arms to the running board, the said arms resting on the running board-at its outer edge, and I a member forming a part of an extension of the frame of a resilient construction projecting under the edge of the running board 7 i and shaped to bear against the under sur It Will, of course, be understood that it is face of the said running board and applicable thereto and removable therefrom; by the tortion of the'carrier structure.

2. In a luggage carrier for automobiles arms having substantially angularly disposed inner ends adapted to be applied to anchors on the running board, a frame structure constituting a guard carried by the said arms, and an extension'attached to the'frame between its ends and adapted to project under the running board into contact with its under surface and adapted to beremoved therefrom by the springing of the said guard.

' JOHN W.- GORRELL.

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