Hauling accessory for all terrain vehicle (ATV)

• US 6,312,210 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2000
• Issued: 11/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harold D. Lang
• Original Assignee: Harold D. Lang
• Inventors: Lang, Harold D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fischetti, Joseph A.
• Application Number:
  US09/491,007
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 414/462, 414/466, 414/921, 414/541, 414/543, 414/540, 224/570
• US Class Current: 414/540
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/06 at vehicle front or rear rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041

Abstract

A hauling accessory for an all terrain vehicle (ATV) includes a jack with a stationary member and a telescoping member, the telescoping member being operable via a threaded screw rod. The stationary member includes mounting brackets with a plurality of apertures for receiving fasteners capable of securedly fastening the stationary member to a luggage rack of the ATV such that the jack is oriented substantially perpendicular to the ground that supports the ATV. A lower rack including cargo support rods is affixed to a lower portion of the telescoping member of the jack. The cargo support rods are attached to telescoping arms whereby the width of the lower rack can be adjusted. An upper rack, which also includes cargo rods, is affixed to the stationary member of the jack adjacent the mounting bracket. In a preferred embodiment, the threaded screw rod is manually rotated via handle. In an alternative embodiment, the threaded screw rod is turned by a motor.

Claims

1. A hauling accessory for an all terrain vehicle, comprising:

a jack (12) including a first stationary member (24) and a first telescoping member (30), the first telescoping member being coaxially and slidingly coupled to the first stationary member via a threaded screw, the first stationary member including a pair of mounting brackets disposed on either side of the first stationary member, the pair of mounting brackets including a plurality of apertures for receiving fasteners capable of securedly fastening the first stationary member to a luggage rack of the all terrain vehicle such that a longitudinal axis of the jack is oriented substantially perpendicular to the ground that supports the all terrain vehicle;

a lower rack (16) including a second stationary member (42) that is stationary with respect to the first telescoping member, the second stationary member being affixed in a substantially perpendicular relationship to a lower end of the first telescoping member, the second stationary member having two ends accommodating, respectively, a second (44a) and a third (44b) telescoping member, the second and third telescoping members sharing the same operating axis, the second stationary member and the second and third telescoping members respectively having a lower rack rod extending therefrom in a direction substantially perpendicular to both the longitudinal axis of the jack and the second stationary member; and

an upper rack (14) comprising a third stationary member affixed to the first stationary member via the pair of mounting brackets and being substantially parallel to the second stationary member, the third stationary member having two ends each having an upper rack rod extending therefrom in substantially the same direction as each of the lower rack rods,

wherein a face of the pair of mounting brackets through which the apertures pass is in a first plane substantially parallel to a second plane that encompasses a longitudinal axis of the second and third stationary members.

2. The hauling accessory of claim 1, further comprising a handle for turning the threaded screw.

3. The hauling accessory of claim 1, wherein the first telescoping member comprises a base.

4. The hauling accessory of claim 1, wherein the first stationary member comprises a cap which rotatably engages the threaded screw.

5. The hauling accessory of claim 1, wherein free ends of the lower rack rods and upper rack rods are angled.

6. The hauling accessory of claim 1, further comprising a motor for rotating the threaded screw.

7. The hauling accessory of claim 1, wherein the threaded screw is turned such that the first telescoping member extends from and retracts into the first stationary member.

8. The hauling accessory of claim 1, wherein at least one free end of the lower rack rods includes a ring.

9. The hauling accessory claim 1, further comprising a mounting plate having apertures that are aligned with the apertures on the pair of mounting brackets.

10. The lifting device of claim 1, wherein the threaded screw is rotated by a handle.

11. The lifting device of claim 1, wherein the threaded screw is rotated by an electric motor.