US 11,807,192 B2
Vehicle accessory mount and retaining system
Jeffrey David Sikes, Ferndale, WA (US)
Assigned to Expedition Essentials LLC, Ferndale, WA (US)
Filed by Expedition Essentials LLC, Ferndale, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,040, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048437 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 9/00 (2013.01) [B60R 9/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier for releasable retaining of a vehicle recovery board, comprising:
a base plate proportioned to provide a support layer extending between a pair of opposed side edges for fitted correspondence with the recovery board;
a pivot mount member affixed proximate to one of the pair of opposed side edges of the base plate, wherein the pivot mount member has an active hinge pivotable along an axial trajectory, and wherein the pivot mount member has a pivot leg with a planar bottom downwardly disposed from one of the opposed ends and the planar bottom is attached to a portion of the base plate proximally to the one of the opposed side edges, and wherein the stationary mount member has a stationary crossbar with a fixed leg having a planar bottom downwardly disposed from one of the other of the opposed ends and the planar bottom is attached to a portion of the base plate proximally to the another of the opposed side edges such that the pivot mount member and the stationary mount member appear to be in parallel alignment;
a stationary mount member is affixed so as to appear in longitudinal parallel alignment proximate to another the pair of opposed side edges in a stationary position, wherein the stationary mount member is configured for receiving an edge portion of the vehicle recovery board, and wherein the stationary mount member has a receiving latch member;
an activating retainment arm connected to the pivot mount member, wherein the retainment arm is configured for fitted correspondence to an upper surface of the vehicle recovery board, and wherein the retainment arm has a fastener end such that coupled engagement of the fastener end with the receiving latch member secures the vehicle recovery board in a retained position upon the carrier; and
a pivot flanged stay disposed on an inward facing surface of the pivot mount member and a fixed flanged stay disposed on an inward facing surface of the fixed leg, wherein the pivot flanged stay and the fixed flanged stay are configured to seat corresponding side portions of the recovery board when secured in a retained position.