Kayak transport device for a vehicle

摘要

A kayak holder configurable between an open, load-receiving configuration and a closed, stored configuration can include an elongate support arm and a base. The base can be releasably mountable upon a load bar of a carrying vehicle. The elongate support arm can be anchored to a hub having an axle rotatably coupled to the base. The base can comprise a keyway assembly that releasably receives a mating key assembly on the axle. The elongate support arm can have a locked position where the key assembly is interference-engaged in the keyway assembly and an unlocked position where the key assembly axially displaced from the locked position out of interference-engagement with the keyway assembly. The key assembly can include a key adapted to be located in a keyway of the keyway assembly in the locked position, thereby blocking rotation of the arm relative to the base.

主权项

1. A kayak holder for a vehicle mounted load carrier configurable between an open, load-receiving configuration and a closed, stored configuration, the holder comprising:
a base releasably mountable upon a load bar of a carrying vehicle; an elongate support arm comprising at least two arms, the at least two arms anchored to a hub having an axle rotatably coupled to the base; the base comprising a keyway assembly that releasably receives a mating key assembly on the axle; a locked position of the elongate support arm relative to the base comprising the mating key assembly interference-engaged in the keyway assembly; and an unlocked position of the elongate support arm relative to the base comprising the key assembly axially displaced from the locked position out of interference-engagement with the keyway assembly, and the at least two arms of the elongate support arm unidirectionally axially displaced relative to the base.