Foldable Placement Rack for a Rear Portion of a Car

Abstract

A foldable placement rack includes a fixing seat, and a support unit detachably mounted on the fixing seat. The support unit includes a support bracket mounted on the fixing seat, two placement frames each pivotally connected with the support bracket, and two support links each pivotally connected between the support bracket and a respective one of the two placement frames. Thus, the support unit is mounted on and detached from the fixing seat easily and quickly, thereby facilitating a user mounting and detaching the support unit. In addition, the support unit is foldable when not in use, thereby facilitating packaging, transportation and storage of the placement rack.

1 . A foldable placement rack, comprising:
 a fixing seat; and   a support unit detachably mounted on the fixing seat, wherein the support unit includes:   a support bracket mounted on the fixing seat;   two placement frames each pivotally connected with the support bracket;   two support links each pivotally connected between the support bracket and a respective one of the two placement frames.   
   
   
       2 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein
 the support bracket of the support unit includes:   a transverse lower support post mounted on the fixing seat;   a transverse upper support post located above the lower support post and having two opposite sides;   the two placement frames of the support unit are pivotally mounted on the two opposite sides of the upper support post of the support bracket.   
   
   
       3 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the lower support post of the support bracket is mounted on the fixing seat by a mounting post. 
   
   
       4 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein
 the fixing seat has a bottom having a middle position provided with a mounting portion;   the mounting post extends through the lower support post of the support bracket and is inserted into the mounting portion of the fixing seat.   
   
   
       5 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the lower support post of the support bracket has a hollow inside provided with a mounting hole slidably mounted on the mounting post. 
   
   
       6 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 5  wherein
 the mounting post has a side provided with a plurality of adjusting holes;   the lower support post of the support bracket has a side provided with a positioning hole for mounting a positioning pin which is adjustably inserted into one of the adjusting holes of the mounting post so that the lower support post of the support bracket is adjustably mounted on the mounting post.   
   
   
       7 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein each of the two placement frames of the support unit has an end portion provided with a transverse pivot post pivotally connected with the upper support post of the support bracket; 
   
   
       8 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein
 each of the two opposite sides of the upper support post of the support bracket is provided with at least one pivot sleeve;   the pivot post of each of the two placement frames has a bottom provided with at least one pivot ring aligning with the respective pivot sleeve of the upper support post;   the support unit further includes two pivot shafts each extending through the respective pivot sleeve of the upper support post and the pivot ring of the respective placement frame, so that the pivot post of each of the two placement frames is pivotally connected with the upper support post of the support bracket.   
   
   
       9 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein
 the pivot post of each of the two placement frames has a top provided with two opposite upright support struts;   the adjacent support struts of the two placement frames abut each other respectively when the two placement frames are in line with each other.   
   
   
       10 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein each of the support struts of each of the two placement frames has a bottom provided with a recessed abutting edge abutting the upper support post of the support bracket when the adjacent support struts of the two placement frames abut each other respectively. 
   
   
       11 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein
 each of the support struts of each of the two placement frames has a middle portion provided with a through hole;   the support unit further includes:   two locking bolts each extending through the through hole of the respective support strut of one of the two placement frames and the through hole of the respective support strut of the other one of the two placement frames;   two locking nuts each screwed onto a respective one of the two locking bolts to combine the support struts of the two placement frames together.   
   
   
       12 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the pivot posts of the two placement frames abut the two opposite sides of the upper support post of the support bracket when the adjacent support struts of the two placement frames abut each other respectively. 
   
   
       13 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the support bracket of the support unit further includes:
 an upright connecting post located between the lower support post and the upper support post.   
   
   
       14 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein
 each of the two placement frames of the support unit has a bottom provided with a pivot portion;   the connecting post of the support bracket has two opposite sides each provided with a pivot portion;   each of the two support links of the support unit has a first end provided with a first pivot section pivotally connected with the pivot portion of the support bracket and a second end provided with a second pivot section pivotally connected with the pivot portion of the respective placement frame.   
   
   
       15 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the second pivot section of each of the two support links is detachably connected with the pivot portion of the respective placement frame. 
   
   
       16 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein the connecting post of the support bracket is located between the lower support post and the upper support post in an oblique manner. 
   
   
       17 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein each of the two placement frames of the support unit has a periphery provided with a substantially U-shaped raised fence having two distal ends connected to the two support struts. 
   
   
       18 . The foldable placement rack in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the fixing seat is a substantially U-shaped bracket.