Underbody spare tire and wheel carrier

Claim 1

A CARRIER ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY RETAIN AND TO DELIVER FROM BENEATH A VEHICLE BODY AND THE LIKE TO A PICK-UP POSITION BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BODY, A SPARE TIRE AND/OR VEHICLE WHEEL IN GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, AND COMPRIISNG IN COMBINATION: A DEPENDENT, GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSABLE, SUPPORT UNIT HAVING AN ELONGATED PORTION TERMINALLY PIVOTED AT ITS INNER END FOR ARTUCATE VERTICAL MOVEMETN OF ITS LENGTH SO AS TO DISPOSED ITS OUTER END TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE GROUND, AND A SLIDABLE PORTION EXTENDING ALONG SAID ELONGATED PORTION AND HAVING ITS INNER END HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID ELONGATED PORTION AND ALSO LONGITUDINALLY SLIDABLE THEREALONG, WITHOUT TERMINAL SEPARATION, WHEREBY UPON LONGITUDINAL EXTENSION IT MAY PROJECT BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID VEHICLE BODY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLAL TO THE GROUND, SAID SLIDABLE PORTION CARRYING CLAMP MEANS FOR HOLDING A WHEEL AFTER THE LATTER IS PALCED FLAT THEREUPON, THE ELONGATED PORTION HAVING ITS INNER PIVOTED END COUPLED TO BRACKET MEANS FOR DEPENDENT ATTACHMENT BENEATH SAID VEHICLE BODY, WHEREBY THE OUTE END OF THE SAID SUPPORT UNIT MAY BE RAISED AND LOWERED GENERALLY VERTICALLY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE BODY, AND THE SLIDABLE PORTION IS EXTENSIBLE LENGTHWISE THEREALONG TO PROJECT BEYOND THE OUTER MARGIN OF SAID UNDERCARRIAGE FROM WHENCE SAID TIRE AND/OR WHEEL MAY BE PLACED THEREON AND LIFTED OFF; AND OPERATIVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VEHICLE BODY AND ADAPTED TO MOVE THE SUPORT UNIT BETWEEN LOWERED PROJECTED AND ELEVATED-RETRACTED POSITIONS.