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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Thule Sweden Ab, Hillerstorp, SE;
Keith Prescott, Cambridge, VT (US);
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp, SE;
Abstract
A cargo load carrier configured to be mounted at the rear of a carrying vehicle and having a support frame mountable to the vehicle. A load carrying member is coupled to the support frame and is deployable from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. A collapsible brace is coupled between the support frame and the load carrying member and has an articulated joint between a pair of pivot arms. A latch is releasably coupled between the pair of pivot arms and the latch has a plurality of latched configurations that releasably lock the load carrier in at least the travelling configuration and the load supporting configuration.