| 摘要 |
A carrier system for transporting an electric scooter behind a vehicle with a hitch receiver having a base platform, an extension ramp removably attached to a side edge of the base platform at an angle with respect to the base platform via a first attachment means, a base support tube where the base platform is mounted atop of, a hitch tube adapted to be telescopically received in a hitch receiver of a vehicle, wherein when the hitch tube is engaged with the base support tube and the tubes are secured together via a pivot bolt, the base support tube can pivot between a storage position and an extended position. |
| 主权项 |
1. A carrier system (100) for transporting an electric scooter (101) behind a vehicle with a hitch receiver (630), said carrier system (100) comprising:
(a) a base platform (110) having a first side edge (111), a second side edge (112) opposite the first side edge (111), a third side edge (113), a fourth side edge (114), a top surface (115) and a bottom surface (116); (b) an extension ramp (210) removably attached to the third side edge (113) of the base platform (110) at an angle with respect to the base platform (110) via a first attachment means; (c) a base support tube (410) having a first end (411) and a second end (412), the base platform (110) is mounted atop the base support tube (410) wherein the first end (411) of the base support tube (410) faces the first side edge (111) of the base platform (110) and the second end (412) of the base support tube (410) extends past the second side edge (112) of the base platform (110), the second end (412) of the base support tube (410) has a bottom surface and two side walls (413) and an open top surface, wherein a pair of lockdown pin holes (418) is disposed in the side walls (413) of the second end (412) of the base support tube (410), the lockdown pin holes (418) are adapted to accommodate a lockdown pin (518), a pair of side wall lips (414) extend upwardly from the side walls (413) of the second end (412) of the base support tube (410), a pair of pivot holes (416) is disposed in the side wall lips (414), the pivot holes (416) are adapted to accommodate a pivot bolt (516); (d) a hitch tube (310) having a first end (311), a second end (312), a top surface, a bottom surface (316), and side surfaces, the hitch tube (310) has a cylindrical cross section, the first end (311) of the hitch tube (310) is adapted to be telescopically received in a hitch receiver (360) of a vehicle, the second end (312) of the hitch tube (310) is adapted to be sandwiched between the side wall lips (414), a pair of pivot holes (416) is disposed in the second end (312) of the hitch tube (310), the pivot holes (416) in the hitch tube (310) align with the pivot holes (416) of the side wall lips (414) of the base support tube (410), the tubes (310), (410) can be secured together via a pivot bolt (516) in the pivot holes (416); (e) a lockdown pin flange (320) extending downwardly from the bottom surface (316) of the hitch tube (310) at the second end (312), the lockdown pin flange (320) is adapted to be sandwiched between the side walls (413) of the second end (412) of the base support tube (410), a pair of lockdown pin holes (418) is disposed in the lockdown pin flange (320) and the lockdown pin holes (418) in the lockdown pin flange (320) align with the lockdown pin holes (418) of the side walls (413) of the second end (412) of the base support tube (410), wherein when the hitch tube (310) is engaged with the base support tube (410) and the tubes (310), (410) are secured together via a pivot bolt (516), the base support tube (410) can pivot between a storage position wherein the base support tube (410) is pivoted to an angle of about 90 degrees with respect to the hitch tube (310) and an extended position wherein the base support tube (410) is positioned at an angle of about 180 degrees with respect to the hitch tube (310), wherein the hitch tube (310) can rotate in a first direction and a second direction within the hitch receiver (360) allowing the base platform (110) to effectively pivot; (f) a hitch stud (370) extending downwardly from a bottom surface (366) of an outer end (361) of the hitch receiver (360), the hitch stud (370) is adapted to be positioned in between the side walls (413) of the second end (412) of the base support tube (410) when the base support tube (410) is in the extended position, the hitch stud (370) functions to limit rotation of the hitch tube (310) in the first direction and in the second direction; and (g) a first lock pin hole (436A) disposed in the top surface of the hitch tube (310) at the second end (312) and a second lock pin hole (436B) disposed in a second lip (120B) of the platform (110), the lock pin holes (436) are adapted to receive a lock pin (536), wherein when the system is in the storage position the first and second lock pin holes (436) align. |
