Motorcycle carrier

Claim 1

A CARRIER FOR TRANSPORTING A MOTORCYCLE OR THE LIKE ON A LARGER VEHICLE SUCH AS AN AUTOMOBILE OR TRUCK COMPRISING: STRUCTURAL MEANS ADAPTED TO BE RIGIDLY FIXED TO THE FRAME OF THE LARGER VEHICLE NEAR THE REAR THEREOF; AN ELONGATE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURAL MEANS AND CANTILEVERED REARWARDLY THEREFROM SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE LARGER VEHICLE; AN ELONGATE UPRIGHT CHANNEL MEMBER OF U-SHAPED CROSSSECTIONAL CONFIGURATION CONNECTED TO THE REAR END OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND DISPOSED BEHIND THE LARGE VEHICLE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, SAID ELONGATE CHANNEL HAVING UPTURNED PORTIONS AT EACH OF ITS ENDS, AND BEING MOUNTED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID STRUCTURAL MEANS BETWEEN A FIRST INCLINED LOADING POSITION IN WHICH ONE END OF THE CHANNEL IS JUXTAPOSED THE GROUND, AND A SECOND INCLINED LOADING POSITION IN WHICH THE OTHER END OF THE CHANNEL IS JUXTAPOSED THE GROUND; AND, A PAIR OF ELONGATE STOP MEMBERS CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURAL MEANS, AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, SAID STOP MEMBERS EACH BEING INDEPENDENTLY SLIDEABLE REARWARDLY AND FORWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE SUPPORT MEANS BETWEEN A RELEASE POSITION OUT OF THE PATH OF THE CHANNEL, AND A STOP POSITION IN THE PATH OF THE CHANNEL FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF THE CHANNEL IN ONE DIRECTION TO A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL TRANSPORTING POSITION.