Patent ID: 7237704

Claim:
A bicycle carrier, comprising: first and second pairs of towers securing a pair of parallel crossbars on top of a vehicle, a fork block device, a wheel tray portion connected to the fork block device, the fork block device being configured to clamp around one of the crossbars, and a skewer assembly configured to secure forks of a bicycle to the fork block device, where the skewer assembly includes a skewer bolt passing through the fork block, an adjustment member permitting alteration of the skewer assembly to clamp various fork configurations, a cam lever moveable between open and closed positions, the adjustment member being hidden when the cam lever is in the closed position, and a lock for selectively retaining the lever in the closed position, wherein the adjustment member, cam lever, and lock are all located on the same side of the fork block so all manipulation to adjust, secure, and lock the front forks of a bicycle to the fork block may be performed from one side of the fork block.