Bicycle Carrier and Method for Serially Loading Bicycles Thereon

摘要

Carriers for wheeled vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, a carrier includes a support member (e.g., generally vertical support member), an automobile attachment member, an elongate upper member, and an elongate lower member. The elongate upper member has an elongate body and a free distal end configured for receipt of a wheel of a vehicle. Adjacent spokes of the wheel are positioned about the free distal end of the elongate member and the vehicle is moved backward along the elongate body towards the support member. The elongate body is configured to support the weight of the vehicle via contact with a rim of the wheel. The lower member includes a bar and one or more saddle members. Each saddle member is configured to slide along and/or rotate freely about the bar, and to fixate to another wheel of the vehicle to stabilize the vehicle hanging from the upper member.

主权项

1. A carrier for carrying wheeled vehicles, comprising:
a support member; an automobile attachment member extending from said support member; an elongate upper member extending from said support member, said elongate upper member having an elongate body and a free distal end configured for receipt of a wheel of a vehicle by positioning adjacent wheel spokes of said wheel about said free distal end and moving said vehicle backward along said elongate body towards said support member, said elongate body being configured to support a weight of said vehicle via contact with a rim of said wheel and cause a remainder of said vehicle to hang below said elongate body; and an elongate lower member extending from said support member and positioned generally below said elongate upper member, said elongate lower member comprising a bar and one or more saddle members, each of said saddle members being configured to slide along and rotate freely about said bar, each of said saddle members being further configured to fixate to another wheel of said vehicle to stabilize said vehicle hanging from said elongate body of said upper member.