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An article carrier, removably mountable on an upright luggage carrying frame of a bicycle, comprises a rigid sheath having closed top and an open bottom receiving the rigid frame. The rigid sheath fits into a downwardly open pocket of a flexible article-carrying bag. A rigid panel for supporting the

An article carrier, removably mountable on an upright luggage carrying frame of a bicycle, comprises a rigid sheath having closed top and an open bottom receiving the rigid frame. The rigid sheath fits into a downwardly open pocket of a flexible article-carrying bag. A rigid panel for supporting the bag is hinged to the sheath adjacent the bottom opening, and can be rotated downward from a condition in which it is parallel to a front wall of the sheath to a horizontal condition, and is prevented by a stop from being rotated beyond the horizontal condition. The downwardly open pocket can be on the exterior of the bag or on the interior.

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1. An article carrier removably mountable on a luggage rack composed of a rigid frame extending upright from a bracket fixed to a bicycle, the carrier comprising: a rigid sheath having, a top wall, front and rear walls, and opposed side walls, each of said walls having a bottom edge, and a bottom op

1. An article carrier removably mountable on a luggage rack composed of a rigid frame extending upright from a bracket fixed to a bicycle, the carrier comprising: a rigid sheath having, a top wall, front and rear walls, and opposed side walls, each of said walls having a bottom edge, and a bottom opening, defined by the bottom edges of said walls, for receiving said rigid frame;a rigid support panel;a hinge connecting the rigid support panel to the bottom edge of said front wall, said hinge allowing the support panel to be moved from a horizontal condition to a folded condition in which the support panel is in parallel relationship to said front wall of the sheath;a stop preventing the rigid support panel from being rotated about the hinge away from said one of said front and rear panels beyond its horizontal condition; andan article-carrying bag formed of flexible material, and including a downwardly open pocket of a size closely fitting at least an upper portion of said sheath, said downwardly open pocket having an upper end and a barrier at said upper end for engagement by the top wall of the rigid sheath;whereby the article-carrying bag, with said rigid sheath inserted into its downwardly open pocket, and with said bag engaged with, and supported by, said rigid support panel, can be removably mounted on said rigid frame extending upright from a bracket fixed to a bicycle. 2. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein said article-carrying bag is formed with a bottom wall and a set of upright walls extending upward from said bottom wall, each of said upright walls of the bag has an inside face and an outside face, said bottom wall and said inside faces of the upright walls of the bag define an article-receiving compartment, and said downwardly open pocket is located on an outside face of one of said upright walls. 3. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein said article-carrying bag is formed with a bottom wall and a set of upright walls extending upward from said bottom wall, each of said upright walls of the bag has an inside face and an outside face, said bottom wall and said inside faces of the upright walls of the bag define an article-receiving compartment, said downwardly open pocket is located within the interior of said bag, and said bottom wall of the bag is formed with an opening through which said rigid frame can extend into said pocket. 4. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein the distance from the top wall of the rigid sheath and the hinge is equal to the distance from said barrier at the upper end of the pocket to the bottom wall of the bag. 5. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein said hinge comprises: slots formed in a part of a collar surrounding said bottom opening of the sheath, said collar being formed as a unitary part of the sheath; andknuckles formed on said rigid support panel and extending into said slots. 6. A sheath assembly supporting an article-carrying bag on a luggage rack composed of a rigid frame extending upright from a bracket fixed to a bicycle, the sheath comprising: a rigid sheath having, a top wall, front and rear walls, and opposed side walls, each of said walls having a bottom edge, and a bottom opening, defined by the bottom edges of said walls, for receiving said rigid frame;a rigid support panel;a hinge connecting the rigid support panel to the bottom edge of said front wall, said hinge allowing the support panel to be moved from a horizontal condition to a folded condition in which the support panel is in parallel relationship to said front wall of the sheath; anda stop preventing the rigid support panel from being rotated about the hinge away from said one of said front and rear panels beyond its horizontal condition;whereby an article-carrying bag, formed of flexible material and having a bottom wall and a downwardly open pocket, can be removably supported on said rigid frame by insertion of said sheath into said downwardly open pocket of the article-carrying bag and engagement of the bottom wall of said bag with said rigid support panel.