Mounting frame for articles rack in the car

• US 5,738,322 A
• Filed: 10/06/1995
• Issued: 04/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tzu-Ping Huang
• Original Assignee: Tzu-Ping Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Tzu-ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Braun, Leslie A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US08/539,867
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 248/276, 248/278.1, 248/291.1, 248/292.12, 248/311.2, 224/926, 224/553, 224/557
• US Class Current: 248/278.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/10 of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/926 Vehicle attached carrier for beverage container or bottle

Abstract

A first mounting frame for articles rack in the car consists of a locking plate, a first connecting element and a mounting plate connected pivotally together, and a second mounting frame for articles rack in the car consists of a locking plate, a first connecting element, a second connecting element and a mounting plate connected pivotally together; through the locking plate, the first or second mounting frame for articles rack in the car can be optionally and firmly installed in a very small plane position in any one angle, and such articles rack as a drink rack or a mobile telephone set rack in the car or a fixing plate of such a rack can be fixed on the mounting plate; and before and after locking the rack or the fixing plate, or before and after fixing the foregoing locking plate, the fixing plate or the locking plate can be optionally swung left and right or up and down and turned clockwise and counterclockwise for a desirable adjustment of their mounting position.

Claims

1. A mounting frame for an article rack in a car, said mounting frame comprising:

a locking plate including a plate body and a hinge shaft sleeve on one side of the plate body,

a first connecting element including a gear at one end thereof and a hinge shaft sleeve on the back of the gear, and the first connecting element and the locking plate being pivotally connected to each other through the hinge shaft sleeve on the first connecting element and the hinge shaft sleeve on the locking plate,

a second connecting element including a lateral T-shaped plate body having an internal gear at one end of the T-shaped plate body and a gear at an outer end of the T-shaped plate body, and the first and second connecting elements being pivotally connected to each other through the internal gear on the second connecting element and the gear on the first connecting element,

a mounting plate for supporting an article to be mounted in the car, a length and a width of said locking plate being less than a length and a width of said mounting plate for mounting the article in the car in a confined mounting space, and

a first mounting frame for mounting articles in the car including the locking plate, the first connecting element and the mounting plate pivotally connected together, and a second mounting frame for mounting articles in the car including the locking plate, the first connecting element, the second connecting element and the mounting plate pivotally connected together.

2. The mounting frame for the article rack in the car as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gear on the first connecting element of the first mounting frame is directly pivotally connected to one of the article rack and a fixing plate for supporting the article to be mounted in the car.

3. The mounting frame for the article rack in the car as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an internal gear on one of the article rack and the fixing plate to engage with and pivotally connect to the gear on the first connecting element of the first mounting frame or the gear on the second connecting element of the second mounting frame.

4. The mounting frame for the article rack in the car as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gear on the second connecting element of the second mounting frame is directly pivotally connected to one of the article rack and the fixing plate for supporting the article to be mounted in the car.

5. The mounting frame for the article rack in the car as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge shaft sleeve on the locking plate of the first and second mounting frames and the hinge shaft sleeve on the first connecting element comprise a plurality of sheet plates connected in parallel to each other and having a through bore for receiving a bolt so that they can be mutually, tightly and firmly locked and fixed to each other without loosening when the two hinge shaft sleeves are mutually secured to each other.