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A luggage carrier assembly mountable to the rear of a passenger van or the like, including a first rigid frame adapted to be positioned in a substantially vertical plane adjacent the rear side of a van to which the luggage carrier is mounted. A second rigid frame is connected to the first rigid fram

A luggage carrier assembly mountable to the rear of a passenger van or the like, including a first rigid frame adapted to be positioned in a substantially vertical plane adjacent the rear side of a van to which the luggage carrier is mounted. A second rigid frame is connected to the first rigid frame and extends substantially normal to one side of the first rigid frame along the lower edge thereof. The two interconnected frames are movable together. Clamping brackets are provided for pivotally supporting the interconnected first and second frames on the rear of the van for pivotation about a horizontal axis extending parallel to the ground and transversely across the van. Luggage enclosing panels are connected to, and define with the two frames, a compartment for containing luggage. At least one supporting leg is pivotally secured to the upper side of said first rigid frame and is pivotable between a first, horizontally extending position adjacent the first frame and parallel to the ground, to a second, vertically extending ground engaging and frame supporting position.

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A luggage carrier assembly mountable externally on a vehicle comprising: a vertically extending first rigid frame of substantially rectangular configuration and having a substantially horizontally extending upper edge and a substantially horizontally extending lower edge; a second rigid frame of rec

A luggage carrier assembly mountable externally on a vehicle comprising: a vertically extending first rigid frame of substantially rectangular configuration and having a substantially horizontally extending upper edge and a substantially horizontally extending lower edge; a second rigid frame of rectangular configuration secured to said first rigid frame adjacent the lower edge of said first rigid frame and extending substantially normal to said first frame in a horizontal direction; and panel means connected between said first rigid frame and said second rigid frame and forming a luggage-containing enclosure, said enclosure having four sides and a bottom, said panel means including: a flexible waterproof covering surrounding the interior of the luggage-containing enclosure and forming said four sides and said bottom extending between said four sides; semi-rigid wire mesh core elements lining but not joined to the inner sides of said waterproof covering; flexible inner fabric liners lining but not joined to the inner sides of said wire mesh core elements whereby said wire mesh core elements can be removed from between said flexible inner fabric liners and said flexible waterproof covering; and a closure subassembly pivotally secured to said first rigid frame adjacent the horizontally extending upper edge thereof and pivotable between a closure position across the open top of said luggage-containing enclosure, and spaced vertically above the bottom thereof, and an upwardly pivoted open position which permits luggage to be placed in, and removed from, said enclosure; and means for detachably mounting said first frame on the rear side of a vehicle at a location spaced upwardly from the bumper of the vehicle and spaced upwardly from the place where said first frame is joined to said second frame; and wherein said first frame includes a rigid sleeping and eating panel, and wherein said luggage carrier assembly is further characterized in that said means for mounting pivotally mounts said first and second frames and said panel means on the rear side of a vehicle for pivotation about a horizontal axis at said location so that said first frame and the rigid sleeping and eating panel can be pivoted into a horizontally extending position; and support means pivotally connected to said first rigid frame for supporting said assembly with respect to a surface supporting said vehicle to maintain said sleeping and eating panel in said horizontally extending position.