Patent ID: 7832607

Claim:
A pivoting vehicle mounted bicycle rack including a hitch receiver bar, a top plate portion, a first upright having a proximal end pivotally connected to said hitch receiver bar with a first pivot and a distal end pivotally connected to said top plate portion with a second pivot, and a second upright having a proximal end pivotally connected to said hitch receiver bar with a third pivot and a distal end pivotally connected directly to said top plate portion with a fourth pivot, such that said hitch receiver bar, top plate portion, first upright, and second upright form a parallelogram linkage, wherein said first upright is a tubular member and said second upright is a metal rod mounted within said tubular member in substantially parallel relationship with said tubular member; said top plate portion including a pair of slots adapted to receive a pair of rearwardly extending bicycle support arms; spring loaded pins adapted to removably hold said support arms in said slots; and said top plate portion including flanges extending downwardly adjacent the top of said tubular member, said first and second uprights being pivotally connected to said flanges.