Vehicle, auxiliary baggage carrier
A device to increase the stowage capacity of vehicles that comprises a fabric, box-like or cylindrical shaped receptacle and primary support straps and tie down straps to mount the receptacle on the rear or side of a vehicle and to minimize sway of the receptacle when the vehicle is in motion.
1. An auxiliary vehicle baggage carrier support system comprising:
a primary support strap system adapted to attaching a receptacle to a vehicle and comprising a first strap support and a second strap support, wherein said first support strap and said second support strap are individually, securely fastened along the width of the bottom piece of a fabric receptacle, wherein said fabric receptacle comprises said bottom piece, wherein said width of said bottom piece is defined as the dimension parallel to the bumper of said vehicle to which said receptacle is attached and further wherein the height of said receptacle is defined as the vertical dimension of said receptacle with respect to the horizontal plane, and the depth of said receptacle is the dimension parallel to the length of said vehicle to which said receptacle is attached, and a first end piece and a second end piece, and further wherein a first segment of said first support strap is securely fastened to said first end piece and a second segment of said first support strap is securely fastened to said second end piece and a first segment of said second support strap is securely fastened to said first end piece and a second segment of said second support strap is securely fastened to said second end piece, further, wherein said first segment of said first support strap and said first segment of said second support strap are fastened to said first end piece at an angle such that their ends meet at a length from the upper edge of said first end piece at a first coupling point and said second segment of said first support strap and said second segment of said second support strap are fastened to said second end piece at an angle such that their ends meet at a distance from the upper from the upper edge of said second end piece at a second coupling point, and further, wherein said first coupling point and said second coupling point provide means by which said first support strap and said second support strap are connected said receptacle to a vehicles, and further wherein guides are formed in said first support strap and said second support strap at points on said bottom piece; and
a tie-down strap system comprising two tie-down straps wherein each of said two tie-down straps is independently secured by said guides to said base piece and further wherein each of said two tie-down straps is independently connected to a member of the frame of said vehicle so as to connect the bottom of said receptacle to the vehicle and further stabilize and support said receptacle mounted on said vehicle.
2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the receptacle is attached to the rear of a vehicle.
3. The invention of claim 1 wherein the receptacle is attached to the side of a vehicle.