Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – For rim – tire – or wheel
Patent
1990-01-30
1991-11-26
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
For rim, tire, or wheel
224 4203R, 224 4243, B60R 900
Patent
active
050676415
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle carrier with a three point mounting arrangement for carrying bicycles on the rear of a motor vehicle. The carrier has a central upright member with a lower end structure for detachably securing the bicycle carrier to a conventional draw bar hitch which is attached to the motor vehicle. The base end portion of a rearward extending swing arm is pivotally attached to the upper end of the upright member and a short distance below the swing arm there is a lateral member which is centered and fixed to the lateral member. A pair of spaced apart hanger brackets extend longitudinally from attachments to the lateral member, to mount each bicycle at two points on the carrier. The swing arm is releasably rotatable about a transverse axis from a horizontal locked position adjacent to the hanger brackets to an upward position away from the hanger brackets. Below the hanger brackets there are short and long longitudinally extending brackets and circular clamps which co-act with the brackets to mount and secure each bicycle at a third point on the carrier.
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Johnson Richard B.
Schneider Thomas P.
Kupferschmid Keith
Recla Henry J.
Rhodes Alex
Valley Industries, Inc.
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