Patent ID: 7401715

Claim:
A load carrier arrangement including a rotatable strap arrangement for securing an article to a load carrier, said arrangement comprising: a load carrier having an elongate support member to which an article is releasably secured by a rotatable strap arrangement, said elongate support member having a longitudinal axis about which said rotatable strap arrangement is reciprocal between two working configurations on either of two sides of the elongate support member; said rotatable strap arrangement comprising: a rotation mechanism interconnected with said elongate structural member and configured to permit relative rotation therebetween, said rotation mechanism having a rotational centerline about which rotation is affected and said rotational centerline being transversely oriented to said longitudinal axis of said elongate support member; a strap coupled to said rotation mechanism, said strap operable for releasably securing the article to said load carrier; and a strap receiving mechanism coupled to said rotation mechanism, said strap receiving mechanism operable for securably receiving said strap; wherein said elongate structural member is a bicycle wheel tray, wherein the rotation mechanism permits about 360 degrees of rotation of said strap and strap receiving mechanism relative to the bicycle wheel tray.