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A bicycle carrier having a pair of frame mounting brackets secured to the frame of a vehicle at spaced locations which include tubular sleeves which extend from the rear of the vehicle toward the front of the vehicle. A rack assembly having a U-shaped support tube with an inverted U-shaped portion d

A bicycle carrier having a pair of frame mounting brackets secured to the frame of a vehicle at spaced locations which include tubular sleeves which extend from the rear of the vehicle toward the front of the vehicle. A rack assembly having a U-shaped support tube with an inverted U-shaped portion disposed substantially perpendicular to two ends extending from said portion toward the front of the vehicle. The ends are adapted to be received within the tubular sleeves of the mounting brackets. Bicycle hanger rods are secured to the top of the inverted U-shaped support tube and extend rearwardly therefrom. A locking hasp is provided to lock one or more bicycles onto the hanger rods. Two different embodiments of the frame mounting brackets are disclosed, one being a two-piece clamp for supporting the tube sleeve along its length, and the second, being a mounting plate having holes for bolting the bracket to corresponding holes formed in the frame of the vehicle and having a strut for supporting the tube sleeve along its length.

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A bicycle carrier for a vehicle having a frame comprising: first tube sleeve being a tubular member which extends substantially parallel to the frame from the rear of the vehicle toward the front of the vehicle; second tube sleeve being a tubular member which extends substantially parallel to the fr

A bicycle carrier for a vehicle having a frame comprising: first tube sleeve being a tubular member which extends substantially parallel to the frame from the rear of the vehicle toward the front of the vehicle; second tube sleeve being a tubular member which extends substantially parallel to the frame from the rear of the vehicle toward the front of the vehicle and is disposed a spaced predetermined distance from said tubular member of said first tube sleeve; first and second connecting means attached to said first and second tube sleeves respectively for connecting said tube sleeves to said frame; a one-piece support tube formed by bending a single length of tubing to have first and second ends extending toward the front of the vehicle and being spaced apart the same distance as said first and second tube sleeves, first and second verticle legs extending upwardly and substantially perpendicularly to the first and second ends respectively from a bend in the support tube located between the first and second ends and the first and second vertical legs and having a central span extending between and perpendicular to said first and second vertical legs at the opposite ends of the vertical legs from the first and second ends; first and second interlocking means adapted to engage said first and second tube sleeves and said first and second ends respectively for interlocking said first tube sleeve to said first end and said second tube sleeve to said second end; first and second J-shaped hanger rods each having a long leg and a short leg interconnected by a base portion, said short legs being received in a hole formed in the vertical leg at a location spaced from the central span, said long legs extending over the central span and extending rearwardly therefrom generally parallel to each other, said long legs being adapted to receive at least one bicycle thereon, said base portion of the J-shaped hanger rods extending from the first and second vertical legs to the central span and substantially forming the hypotenuse of a right triangle which reinforces the support tube and securely anchors the hanger rods on the support tube; and means secured to at least one of said hanger rods for detachably retaining a bicycle on the hanger rods.