Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load carrier for a motor vehicle
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Application No.: US14804763Application Date: 2015-07-21
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Publication No.: US09783120B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Dirk Rainer Lungershausen , Gunther Heim
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf LLP
- Main IPC: B60R9/06
- IPC: B60R9/06 ; B60R9/10

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a rearward structure and a load carrier having a stowed position and a transport position. The load carrier includes a longitudinal carrier, an extendable rail connected within the longitudinal carrier, a base segment assembled on the extendable rail for mounting at least one bicycle, and a swiveling axis mounted between the longitudinal carrier and the extendable rail to pivot the extendable rail and the base segment away from the rearward structure of the vehicle to be able to open a tailgate or a deck lid. The base segment, the extendable rail, and the longitudinal carrier are located substantially entirely below the rearward structure of the vehicle in the stowed position. The extendable rail extends in a horizontal direction and is located behind the rearward structure of the vehicle in the transport position for transporting at least one bicycle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150321620A1 LOAD CARRIER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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