Hitch mounted cargo carrier
CA 2219506 C · Owner: Draw-Tite, Inc. · Inventors: Belinky, Jacob S.; Rogers, David L.; Young, David A.
Overview
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A cargo carrier platform for mounting to a vehicle hitch allowing cargo to be transported outside the vehicle The cargo carrier includes a drawbar adapted to be received within the vehicle hitch and a cargo platform adjustably attached to the drawbar to facilitate fore and aft adjustment of the platform relative to the rear of the vehicle. The drawbar is provided with a vertical offset to position the platform further from the ground. Markers are mounted on the outer rear corners of the platform to provide the user with a continuous visual indication of the extent of the cargo carrier.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 28, 1997 and granted September 5, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 28, 2019.
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