Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
Patent
1994-05-06
1996-06-18
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to the front or rear end of vehicle
224532, 224924, B60R 900
Patent
active
055269710
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle carrier is attachable to a hitch receiver secured to the rear end of a vehicle. A trunnion insertable into the receiver may extend rearwardly (with respect to the vehicle) to support an upright connected at a lower end to the trunnion. A lower arm may extend from the trunnion to be substantially parallel thereto, or even co-linearly therewith to support a tray positioned to extend substantially horizontally and laterally (substantially at a right angle to the lower arm). The upright, may support a top arm extending rearwardly away from the vehicle from a top end of the upright. A fork mount may be attached to extend laterally on each side of the top arm to extend away from the top arm in the same direction as the tray extends from the lower arm. A bicycle may be supported on a rear wheel in the tray, secured by the tines of a front fork to the fork mount, after removal of the front wheel. A second bicycle may be mounted in mirror-image fashion opposite the first bicycle. The front wheels removed from the bicycles may each be supported by a yoke comprising two parallel bars or straps of metal, each connected at one end to the upright to extend laterally away to another end connecting to one end of the axle of the front wheel. The lower arm and top arm may be extended to attach more pairs of bicycles to the carrier.
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Broadbent Berne S.
Luebke Renee S.
Pate A. John
Pierce Gary D. E.
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