Adjustable-drop package carrier rack for two-wheel vehicles such as bicycles

Claim 1

A package-carrier rack for use over the rear wheel of a two-wheel vehicle, the vehicle having a main frame with a support member positioned adjacent to and extending upwardly above said rear wheel, said rack comprising: an elongated, substantially planar-oriented, primary package-supporting surface having first and second ends and adapted to be placed in a substantially horizontal position above said rear wheel of said vehicle; fastening means to removably secure the first end of said primary package-supporting surface to said upwardly extending support member of said main frame; an elongated, substantially planar-oriented, secondary package-supporting surface rotatably connected to the second end of said primary package-supporting surface for movement between a lower position depending angularly downwardly from said primary surface up to at least a horizontal position as an extension of said primary surface; telescopically adjustable side supporting members for securing said secondary package-supporting surface to said vehicle, said side supporting members being removably connected to said secondary package-supporting surface and extending downwardly on on each side of said rear wheel and being removably fastened to said vehicle near the axle of said wheel.