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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
C.p. Witter Limited, London, GB;
Martin Ian Dickinson, Flintshire, GB;
HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A cycle carrier support bar has a cycle end grip device () at a first end of a tubular spacer bar () and a carrier end grip device () at the second end. The cycle end grip device can be a flexible strap () with a tensioning lever () and a key-operated lock (). The carrier end grip device () can be a rigid clamp with opposed jaws () connected at a pivot () and closed releasably by a latch mechanism operated by a longitudinally-slidable carrier shuttle () carrying a detent of the latch. The latch is released to open the carrier end grip device () by pulling on the wire of a Bowden cable () which extends along the middle of the tubular spacer bar, and has an actuating lever () exposed through a window in the cycle end grip (), so as to be accessible only when the cycle end grip () is open.