JPH062838Y2 - Ski carrier for cars - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is to attach a vertically oriented ski to the outer surface of a vehicle body of a four-wheel drive vehicle or the like, which has been remarkably popular recently for leisure and the like. The ski carrier for automobiles.

(Prior Art) As a ski carrier for the above four-wheel drive vehicle, for example, a metal frame member having a shape like a "backpack" used in Yamamura and the like is used as a chain and its fasteners. It has been proposed that the skis are tied together with a spare tire by using, and a vertically oriented ski is fixed by a band to a ski hooking member protruding from the frame member.

However, the method of fixing the frame member to the spare tire by the chain and fixing the ski to the frame member by using the band as described above is not only labor-intensive to mount but also requires reliable mounting. Alternatively, there is a possibility that the frame member itself may fall off due to vibration or the like while the vehicle is running. And if it falls off, there is a danger that a following vehicle may cause a serious accident.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has devised a new type of ski carrier for automobiles capable of solving the above-mentioned problems, and has previously applied for it as Japanese Patent Application No. 63-102954 (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 24-24744).

In this prior application, a hooking member provided on the upper portion of a frame-shaped base member is hooked on the top of a tire attached to the outer surface of the vehicle body, and then this base member is fastened and fixed to the vehicle body with a bolt through the tire. It has become like. The frame member is provided with a plurality of rack members provided with insertion holes or supporting grooves for inserting vertically oriented skis and horizontally protruding at three positions in the vertical direction.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, since skis come in various sizes,
The size of the insertion hole or groove must be determined according to the maximum size ski, so skis other than the maximum size will fit in these insertion holes or grooves in a loose fit state. A rattling noise will be generated while the vehicle is running, and the ski will be damaged. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a frame-shaped or plate-shaped base member that is attached to the outer surface of the vehicle body by fixing means, and a ski that is vertically projected by projecting outward at a plurality of vertical positions of the base member. A rack member provided with an insertion hole for inserting,
An object of the present invention is to provide a ski carrier for an automobile, which does not cause rattling of the ski in the insertion hole of the rack member while the vehicle is running, regardless of the size of the ski.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a ski carrier for an automobile according to the present invention includes a frame-shaped or plate-shaped base member detachably attached to an outer surface of a vehicle body. A plurality of rack members provided with insertion holes through which vertically oriented skis are provided protruding outward at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction of the base member, and at least the plurality of insertion holes are provided. A pad member made of an elastic material for pressing and fixing the inserted ski is projected inward at one hole edge portion, and the pad edge member is provided at a plurality of locations along the hole edge portion. A plurality of small projecting pad pieces are formed by forming cuts or recesses in a direction substantially orthogonal to.

The cuts or recesses may be provided in the pad member at locations corresponding to the vicinity of the central portion of the insertion hole.

(Operation) The vertically oriented ski has the insertion holes 6 of each of the plurality of rack members 5, 7, 9 arranged in the vertical direction of the base member 3.
When it is inserted so as to be hung in 8 and 14, the binder part of the ski is caught in the hole edge part of one insertion hole of the rack member, and is in a state in which it does not come off in the downward and lateral directions.
The ski is supported by each rack member.

At the time of this insertion, the ski is in a state of pushing the elastic pad piece 23 protruding inward at the hole edge portion of the insertion hole,
The ski after insertion is
It is pressed and supported in the insertion hole in its thickness direction.

In the width direction, it is supported by the small projecting pad pieces 25 protruding into the insertion hole along the side surface of the ski without being pressed by the ski, and rattling in the hole is prevented.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention configured to be attached to a spare tire portion mounted on the outer surface of a vehicle body of a four-wheel drive vehicle will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, in FIG. 6 showing a state in which the ski carrier 1 of the present invention is attached to an automobile, A is a spare tire screwed and fixed to a rear outer surface C of a vehicle body B of the automobile, and the ski carrier 1 is an upper portion thereof. The hooking member 4 is applied to the outer surface side of the spare tire A under the condition of being hooked on the top surface portion a of the spare tire A, and is fastened and fixed to the rear outer surface C via the spare tire A by the fastening bolts 2.

Next, FIG. 1 showing a detailed configuration of the ski carrier 1
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 3 is a base member made of a rod member having a rectangular tube shape, and two base members 3 and 3 are vertically arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval.

Each of the four base members 3 and 3 is horizontally projectingly provided on the upper inner surface of each of the two base members 3 and hooked on the top surface a of the spare tire A. It is an L-shaped hooking member and is bolted to the base member 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a first rack member, which is located at an intermediate position between the outer surfaces of the two base members 3 and 3 in the vertical direction.
By bolting it so that it is bridged over, it is provided so as to project horizontally in the front (rear of the vehicle body B). The first rack member 5 has a comb-like shape as a whole, and skis D (see FIG. 5), which are bound together by a band to fit the abdomen, are arranged vertically on the left and right sides thereof. Two groove-shaped insertion holes 6 are provided, each of which has a size sufficient to be inserted laterally.

Reference numeral 7 is a second rack member in the shape of each board, and is horizontally installed so as to bridge the lower front side surfaces of the two base members 3 and 3 by using bolts. In the second rack member 7, the ski D insertion holes 8 are formed on the left and right sides of the second rack member 7 in a vertically opposed relationship with the left and right insertion holes 6, 6 provided on the first rack member 5. , 8 are provided. The depth of the insertion hole 8 is set so that two commercially available largest skis can be accommodated side by side.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a third rack member, and its main body portion 10 has a comb tooth shape similar to that of the first rack member 5, and is arranged so as to be bridged over the front side upper portions of the two base members 3, 3. , Is horizontally projected by using bolts. And this third
Grooves 1 and 1 provided on both left and right sides of the rack member 9 of
1 is vertically opposed to the insertion holes 6 and 6 of the first rack member 5.

Reference numeral 12 is a locking member that prevents the ski D inserted into the grooves 11, 11 from falling out of these grooves, and is arranged along the groove direction of the grooves 11, 11 as shown in FIG. Each axis 1
When it is assembled to the main body 10 so as to be rotatable up and down around 3, 3 and is rotated downward, the groove 11 as shown in FIG.
Two projecting portions are provided at two locations that enter the inside and form the two ski insertion holes 14, 14 independent in the front-rear direction in each groove 11. Cushion members 15 are attached to the left and right edges of each ski insertion hole 14, and play a role of suppressing the rattling of the ski in the insertion hole 14.

Then, a spring (not shown) for biasing the locking member 12 upwardly around the shaft 13 is assembled to each of the shafts 13 and 13, and the locking member 12 is directed downward against the spring force. When the protrusion is inserted into the groove 11 by rotating the
A locking claw (not shown) works to fix the locking member 12 at this position. Reference numeral 16 is a push button for releasing the function of the latch claw. Reference numeral 17 is a safety lock that locks the movement of the push button 16 to prevent the ski from being stolen.

Reference numeral 18 is a bolt insertion member having bolt through holes 18a for passing the fastening bolts 2 at two positions in the horizontal direction, and these base members 3, 3 are placed under the condition that they are bridged over the two base members 3, 3. It is assembled so that it can slide up and down along.

On the other hand, 19 is two screw holes 1 into which the fastening bolts 2 are screwed.
As shown in FIG. 7, the spare tire A is screwed to the rear outer surface C of the vehicle body B as shown in FIG.
When fixed by 0, the outward bent portions 19b formed at the lower ends of both legs are sandwiched between the wheel E of the spare tire A and the outer surface C of the vehicle body to be fixed to the vehicle body side. In this embodiment, the screw hole 19a corresponds to a screw hole of a nut fixed by welding on the back side of the bolt through hole provided in the bolt fastening member 19.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a rubber pad member provided on the second rack member 7 so that a part of each of the two insertion holes 8 and 8 is projected toward the inside of the insertion hole 8 so that the insertion hole 8 , 8
It plays a role of pressing and fixing the ski D inserted in the.
The pad member 21 is manufactured and two insertion holes 8 and 8 are formed.
For the convenience of attachment to each of the insertion holes 8, the individual insertion holes 8 are formed into one form.

The pad member 21 is a rectangular plate-shaped main body 2 having a size large enough to cover the two insertion holes 8 of the second rack member 7.
Two rectangular through holes corresponding to the respective through holes 8 and 8 are provided at two places of 2, and eave-shaped pad pieces 23 and 23 are respectively provided at the opposite hole edges in the longitudinal direction of the through holes. It has a form in which it is projected inwardly facing inward.

The facing interval between the tips of both pad pieces 23 is set to be narrower than the thickness of one ski D bound by a band. Of course, these tips may be in contact with each other.

In the vicinity of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of each pad piece 23, a plurality of slits 24, in this case, five slits 24 are provided in the direction orthogonal to the hole edge portion so that they can be independently deformed. Four small protruding pad pieces 25 are formed in parallel.

The length of each pad piece 23 on both sides in the longitudinal direction where the cuts 24 are not provided is set so as to substantially match the width of the ski having the smallest width dimension. Also, the adjacent break 2
The distance between 4 and 24 is set to substantially correspond to the difference in width between skis of each size. The pad member 21 is fixed to the upper surface of the second rack member 7 by adhesion, fitting, or other joining means.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. First, the pair of hooking members 4 and 4 of the ski carrier 1 assembled in the state of FIG. 1 are hooked on the top surface portion a of the spare tire A. Next, the bolt insertion member 18 is attached to the base members 3, 3 in accordance with the outer diameter of the spare tire A.
By manually moving it up and down along the
The position of 8a is brought to a position facing the screw hole 19a of the bolt fastening member 19. Then, in this state, the two fastening bolts 2 are respectively passed through the bolt through holes 18a, and then screwed into the screw holes 19a and tightened, so that the ski carrier 1 can be quickly and surely attached to the outside of the vehicle body B through the spare tire A. It is fastened and fixed to the side surface C.

After that, the safety lock 17 provided on the third rack member 9 is unlocked, and the push button 16 is pushed.
Is flipped up to the state shown on the left side in FIG. Therefore, a pair of skis D, which are bound together in advance in a band, are oriented vertically, and the binder portions 26 are lifted so as to be located above the first rack member 5 while the first and third rack members 5 are being lifted. After inserting the ski D into the through holes 6 and the grooves 11 of the skis 9 and 9, and lowering the ski D,
The binder portion 26 is hooked on the upper surface of the first rack member 5 and received, and the lower end portion of the ski D is inserted into the insertion hole 8 of the second rack member 7.

At that time, the pad piece 23 is formed on the edge portion of the insertion hole 8 which faces the insertion hole 8.
Are protruded in an opposed manner, and the opposed distance between their tips is narrower than the thickness of the ski D. Therefore, the ski D, which is forced to widen this gap and inserted into the insertion hole 8, is rich in elastic force. As shown in FIG. 4, the pad pieces 23 sandwich the pad pieces 23, so that even a ski having a small thickness can completely prevent rattling in the insertion hole 8 in the thickness direction.

Even when only one ski D is accommodated in each insertion hole 8, the one ski D has one ski D on one side in the longitudinal direction of the insertion hole 8 as shown in FIG. Edge and ski D
Since it is in a state of being sandwiched between the small projecting pad piece 25 projecting into the hole without receiving the pressing force by, the rattling in the insertion hole 8 in the width direction is also prevented.

In this way, the four skis D can be sequentially mounted on the ski carrier 1. When the last flipped up locking member 12 is pushed down by hand, the protruding portion of the locking member 12 is formed into the groove 11.
When it enters the inside, the latching claw works in this state to fix the locking member 12.

According to the above-described embodiment, unlike the conventional extremely troublesome attachment method using a chain, the ski carrier 1 is securely attached to the vehicle body B by only performing the extremely simple operation of tightening the two fastening bolts 2. You can

Further, as a means for fixing the ski D to the ski carrier 1, instead of the conventional fastening operation using a band, a locking member 12 that can be fixed only by performing a simple turning operation is used. The ski D can be attached very easily and reliably.

Therefore, there is no fear that the chain or the band will come off and the ski or the ski carrier itself will fall on the road, causing a serious traffic accident.

Further, even when only one ski D is accommodated in the insertion hole 8 of the second rack member 7 capable of accommodating two skis, or when small skis of various sizes are accommodated, The pad piece 23 attached to the hole edge portion of the insertion hole 8 can completely prevent rattling in the insertion hole 8.

In the above embodiment, the pad piece 23 has a small protruding pad piece 25.
The cut 24 is provided to form the cut 2
Instead of 4, it may be, for example, a sawtooth-shaped or wavy concave-convex concave portion.

Then, the pad piece 23 may be provided only on one edge portion on the longitudinal side of the rectangular hole edge portion of the insertion hole 8.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pad member 21 has the insertion holes 8, 8
Although the two sets of pad pieces 23 for use in the above are integrated, they may be separately formed and attached to the hole edge portions of the insertion holes 8.

Further, the pad piece 23 may be a block made of an elastic material such as rubber sponge, for example, a semi-cylindrical block, and may be provided with a cut. For example, the material and shape thereof may be changed appropriately. Can be achieved.

Further, in the above embodiment, two square tubular members are used as the base member 1, but this may be formed into a rectangular frame shape by using, for example, a round or square pipe as a raw material, or a simple plate shape. It may be wood.

Further, the rack members 5, 7, 9 are not limited to the illustrated shapes, and the object of the present invention can be achieved by appropriately changing the shape as long as it has a ski insertion hole or groove. Of the three rack members, for example, the uppermost rack member 9 may be omitted and the locking member 12 may be provided on the rack member 5.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the ski carrier 1 for an automobile according to the present invention includes a frame-shaped or plate-shaped base member 3 which is detachably attached to the outer surface of the vehicle body, and the upper and lower sides of the base member. Insertion holes 6, 8 for inserting skis that are vertically protruded outward at a predetermined interval in the direction
A plurality of rack members 5, 7 and 9 provided with 14 are provided, and at least one of the rack members is made of an elastic material for pressing and fixing the inserted ski at the hole edge portion of the insertion hole. The pad piece 23 is provided so as to project inward, and the pad piece is provided with a plurality of cuts or recesses 24 at a plurality of locations along the hole edge portion in a direction substantially orthogonal to the hole edge portion. Since the structure is formed, the ski carrier 1 can be attached to the vehicle body and the ski can be fixed to the ski carrier 1 easily and reliably.

In addition, even if only one ski is stored in the insertion hole that can accommodate two skis, or even if a small ski is stored, the ski rattles inside the insertion hole while the vehicle is running, and noise is emitted. Skis will not be damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ski carrier, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pad member, and FIG.
1 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the lower part of the ski is pressed and fixed by a pad piece, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are respectively for four-wheel drive vehicles. FIG. 7 is a front view and a side view showing the attached state of the ski carrier, and FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged transverse sectional view showing the state in which the ski carrier is attached to the outer side surface of the vehicle body. Code table A Spare tire, C Vehicle body outer surface 1 Ski carrier, 2 Fastening bolts 3 Base member, 4 Hook member 5 First rack member, 6 Insertion hole 7 Second rack member, 8 Insertion hole 9 Third rack member , 11 groove 12 locking member, 14 insertion hole 16 push button, 17 safety lock 18 bolt insertion member, 18a bolt through hole 19 bolt fastening member, 19a screw hole 20 screw, 21 pad member 23 pad piece, 24 cut 25 small protrusion Pad pieces

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A frame-shaped or plate-shaped base member 3 which is detachably attached to an outer side surface of a vehicle body, and a ski which is vertically protruded outwardly at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction of the base member. A plurality of rack members 5, 7, 9 having insertion holes 6, 8, 14 for insertion are provided, and at least one of these rack members is inserted into the hole edge portion of the insertion hole. A pad piece 23 made of an elastic material for pressing and fixing the ski is provided so as to project inward, and a plurality of cuts or recesses 24 are formed in the pad piece 23 along the hole edge portion in a direction substantially orthogonal to the hole edge portion. A ski carrier for an automobile, characterized in that a plurality of small projecting pad pieces 25 are formed by providing the ski skis. 2. The ski carrier for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the cut or recess 24 is provided on the pad piece 23 at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the central portion of the insertion hole 8. . 3. A pair of the pad pieces (23) facing each other at respective hole edges of the rectangular insertion hole (8) facing each other.
The ski carrier for an automobile according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ski carrier is provided in a protruding manner.