Patent ID: 9744910
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A cargo load carrier configured to be mounted at the rear of a carrying vehicle and support a bicycle, the cargo load carrier comprising: a support frame releasably mountable to the carrying vehicle and that establishes an installed orientation of the load carrier when mounted upon the carrying vehicle; a load carrying member coupled to the support frame, the load carrying member configured to support a wheel of the bicycle and deployable from an undeployed configuration corresponding to a travelling configuration of the load carrier to a deployed configuration of the load carrying member corresponding to a load supporting configuration of the load carrier; a first stabilizing arm coupled to the support frame and configured to secure the bicycle on the load carrying member; a collapsible brace coupled between the support frame and the load carrying member and having an articulated joint between a pair of pivot arms; and a latch, releasably coupled between the pair of pivot arms, wherein the latch has a plurality of latched configurations that releasably lock the load carrier in at least the travelling configuration and the load supporting configuration.