Patent ID: 7959047

Claim:
A bicycle carrier for receiving a fork crown of a bicycle, the bicycle carrier comprising: a support mast; a hitch attachment bar extending generally perpendicular from the support mast adjacent a first end thereof; an elongate support member extending generally perpendicular from the support mast adjacent a second end thereof; a substantially U-shaped support member extending generally perpendicular from the support mast and generally parallel to the elongate support member, the U-shaped support member being disposed between the hitch attachment bar and the elongate support member, and the U-shaped member being positioned and configured to stabilize a rear wheel of the bicycle by functioning as a wheel chock to prevent the rear wheel from riding over the U-shaped support; and a cradle disposed along the elongate support member, the cradle including four rods, wherein each of the rods extends away from the elongate support member and said each of the rods has a free distal end, a first pair of the rods forming a U-shape structure and a second pair of the rods forming a U-shaped base from which the rods thereof further extend angularly as arms towards the distal end of the said rods the second pair of rods being connected to and extending from at least one rod of the first pair of rods so as to allow the fork crown to be received between the first pair of rods, whereby the first pair of rods is disposed between fork tubes of the bicycle and a head tube of the bicycle is disposed between the second pair of rods.