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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Thule Sweden Ab, Hillerstorp, SE;
George Riehm, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Gregor G. Weaver, Waterbury, CT (US);
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp, SE;
Abstract
A lock arrangement for a drive shaft of a tightening mechanism in a sports carrier. The lock arrangement includes a lock-wheel coupled to the drive shaft for rotation therewith, the lock-wheel having a peripheral zone with a detent and an abutment area adjacent thereto. The lock arrangement further includes a blocking tab that is movable toward the peripheral zone of the lock-wheel and insertable into the detent. The blocking tab being in abutting engagement with the abutment area in a lock-actuated configuration of the lock arrangement, the blocking tab being received in the detent in a locked configuration of the lock arrangement and the blocking tab being withdrawn from the detent in an unlocked configuration of the lock arrangement.