Vehicle bumper mounted motorcycle support means

Claim 1

A CARRIER FOR TRANSPORTING A TWO WHEELLED CYCLE ON AN AUTOMOBILE BUMPER AND ADAPTED TO BE UTILIZED IN PAIRS, EACH CARRIER COMPRISING GENERALLY OBLONG AND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FRAME MEANS DEFINING ONE PAIR OF LONG OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS INTERCONNECTED AT CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS, A GENERALLY U-SHAPED MEMBER INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING LEG PORTIONS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS BY MEANS OF A BIGHT PORTIONS EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER BEING DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID FRAME MEANS WITH THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID LEG PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID LONG OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS INTERMEDIATE THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS, SAID FRAME MEANS AND SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A CYCLE WHEEL WITH DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSTE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID WHEEL EMBRACINGLY RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID LONG OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS AND THE LOWEST PORTION OF SAID WHEEL RESTING UPON SAID BIGHT PORTION AND RECEIVED BETWEEN THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEG PORTIONS, ELONGATED AND GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ARM MEANS ANCHROED AT ONE END PORTION TO THE UPPER END PORTION OF ONE OF SAID LEG PORTIONS AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE OF SAID ONE LEG PORTION REMOTE FROM THE OTHER LEG PORTION, MEANS CARRIED BY THE FREE END PORTION OF SAID ARM MEANS ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY ANCHORED TO THE UPPER MARGINAL PORTION OF SAID BUMPER, SAID CARRIER FURTHER INCLUDING ABUTMENT MEANS DISPOSED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE SPACED VERTICALLY BELOW SAID MEANS CARRIED BY THE FREE END PORTION OF SAID ARM MEANS ADAPTED TO ABUTTINGLY ENGAGE A LOWER PORTION OF SAID BUMPER.