Patent ID: 8733605

Claim:
A bicycle-carrying device for motor-vehicles, comprising a frame having a pair of laterally spaced apart upright frame members and a cross-member extending therebetween, means for mounting the frame on the rear portion of a motor-vehicle, and supporting means carried by the frame and adapted for supporting at least one bicycle, provided with both its wheels, in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal direction of the motor-vehicle so that each of the at least one bicycle defines an upper wheel and a lower wheel when the at least one bicycle is supported by the supporting means, wherein said means for mounting the frame on the rear portion of the motor-vehicle includes a plurality of feet carried by the frame and configured to rest on the rear portion of the motor-vehicle, wherein the plurality of feet includes a pair of adjustable feet, wherein each adjustable foot is movably mounted for movement along one of the upright frame members, and wherein the means for mounting the frame on the rear portion of the motor-vehicle further includes a plurality of hook members carried by strap elements which are connected to the frame, said hook members being for engaging portions of the body of the motor-vehicle, and wherein said supporting means includes at least one upper receptacle and at least one lower receptacle carried by said frame, wherein the upper and lower receptacles are configured to receive the two wheels of a bicycle respectively and are provided with means for clamping the bicycle wheels thereon, the at least one upper receptacle having a portion extending along at least a segment of an outer circumferential surface of the upper wheel of the respective bicycle to engage a downwardly facing portion of the outer circumferential surface of the upper wheel for supporting the bicycle at the upper wheel from below, and wherein at least one of the upper and lower receptacles is movably mounted for movement along one of the upright frame members, wherein the adjustable feet and the movable one of the upper and lower receptacles are separately mounted to and movable on the upright frame member to variable positions along the upright frame member independently of each other.