B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – R
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
R
B60R 9/10 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2577675
A quick connect assembly for mounting a bicycle rack to a vehicle bumper includes a mounting bracket securely connectable to the bumper and a pivoting arm integrally connected to the bicycle rack and mountable to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket has a horizontal base member and a vertical wall extending from the rear edge of the base member. Along each lateral edge of the base member is a vertical side wall having through apertures for receiving portions of the pivoting arm. A latch plate is centrally located on the mounting bracket between the two side walls. The latch plate has notches formed therein for receiving a latch pin of the pivoting arm to hold the bicycle rack in the vertically upward position or the horizontal working position. An arcuate cam formation separates the notches. The pivoting arm has spaced side plates each having a side extending peg for disposition in the apertures of the side walls. One peg has locking tabs and the other peg has a through aperture for receiving a cotter pin to secure the pivoting arm to the mounting bracket when the latch pin is in one of the notches.
Midwest Bus Corporation
Sim & Mcburney
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