Patent ID: 7810685
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A load carrier arrangement for transporting a bicycle when secured thereupon, said load carrier arrangement comprising: a frame assembly adapted to be mounted to a carrying vehicle, said frame assembly comprising at least one elongate arm configured to receive a bicycle cradle thereupon; a bicycle cradle mounted upon said arm and being operator configurable between a bicycle transporting configuration and a non-transporting configuration said cradle further comprising a base for receiving a bicycle frame tube; said cradle having at least two spaced apart and aligned through-passages within which said elongate arm is received in the non-transporting configuration, said cradle being operator reciprocal on said elongate arm in the non-transporting configuration thereby facilitating variable longitudinal positioning of said cradle by the operator upon said arm; and said cradle having an increased resistance to longitudinal reciprocation on said elongate arm in said bicycle transporting configuration in comparison to said non-transporting configuration and thereby being effectively longitudinally fixed on said elongate arm in the bicycle transporting configuration to an extent that a secured portion of a carried bicycle in said cradle is longitudinally fixed relative to said elongate arm during transport on said load carrier arrangement, wherein said through-passage is variably constricting upon said arm between said bicycle transporting configuration and said non-transporting configuration, and wherein said variable constriction of said through-passage upon said arm is actuated by a flexible retaining strap configured to releasably anchor a bicycle frame tube in said base.