Utility rack for a vehicle
CA 2083262 C · Owner: Sportrack International Inc. · Inventors: Walter, Richard J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A utility rack (10) is provided that may be swiftly and easily attached to the exteriors of vehicles (130) of various sizes. The utility rack has a carrier bar (20) containing a hollow compartment. A rubber band or a spring inside the hollow compartment is attached at either end to a non-elastic strip (110) which extends from the hollow compartment and outside the carrier bar to hooks or other anchors detachably affixed to anchor points on the vehicle. Locking mechanisms (82) are mounted on the carrier bar to lock the non-elastic straps (110) to the carrier bar by a pawl mechanism or by a pin. The utility rack is placed on the vehicle by pulling on the non-elastic straps and placing their …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed March 13, 1992 and granted December 26, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 13, 2014.
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