Cycle carrier for vehicles

Claim 1

A CYCLE CARRIER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON AN AUTOMOBILE WHERE THE AUTOMOBILE HAS A CHASSIS AND A REAR BUMPER AND A TRAILER HITCH BAR RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID CHASSIS TO A POSITION BEYOND SAID BUMPER AND HAVING A GENERALLY VERTICAL APERTURE THERETHROUGH REARWARDLY OF SAID BUMPER FOR MOUNTING A TRAILER HITCH BALL THEREON, SAID CYCLE CARRIER COMPRISING: A BASE SUPPORT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON SAID BAR AND HAVING A THREADED SHANK THEREOF ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID APERTURE, A NUT THREADEDLY RECEIVED ON SAID SHANK AND RIGIDLY FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID BASE SUPPORT MEMBER TO SAID BAR WITH SAID SHANK AND NUT FORMING THE SOLE MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE CARRIER TO AN AUTOMOBILE, AN ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE SUPPORT MEMBER GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SHANK AND LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID SHANK AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID AUTOMOBILE REARWARDLY FROM SAID TRAILER HITCH BAR WHEN SAID SHANK AND NUT ARE ATTACHED TO SAID TRAILER HITCH BAR, AND A PAIR OF CYCLE ENGAGING MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION WITH SAID CYCLE ENGAGING MEMBERS POSITIONED SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION FROM EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORTING A CYCLE AT TWO LOCATIONS SPACED APART ALONG SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION WITH THE CYCLE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CYCLE ENGAGING MEMBERS COMPRISING A WHEEL RECEIVING CRADLE HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT PORTION FOR EMBRACING THE SIDES OF A CYCLE WHEEL BETWEEN THEM AND A CRADLE BOTTOM WALL CONNECTING SAID SIDE WALLS FOR EMBRACING THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CYCLE WHEEL.