Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Jac Products, Inc.

Mont Blan Industri Ab

Dan Svenningsson

Gerard J Kmita

Donald L Munoz

David James Spolyar

Conde M Gonzalez

Brett J Borella

Bernd Stadler

Brian E Henderson

Claude K Trambley

On a roof rack fixedly connected with the vehicle roof, a so-called loading aid is arranged which, in a loading position, can be swung out inclinedly on the sides of the vehicle, so that bicycles or the like can be placed on this loading aid by corresponding transport fixtures and, after being fitted with the bicycles, the loading aid can be pushed back into a transport position onto the roof.

Roof rack for vehicles

A bicycle carrier adapted to be secured to an article carrier portion of an existing vehicle article carrier so as to carry the bicycle supported thereon in a vertical orientation over a liftgate of a vehicle, and normal to an outer surface of the liftgate. The bicycle carrier includes a wheel supporting member for engaging one wheel of a bicycle when the bicycle is placed in a vertical orientation. A frame supporting assembly engages a portion of the frame to hold the bicycle to the bicycle carrier. The bicycle carrier permits a single individual to load and unload a bicycle from the bicycle carrier without being required to lift the bicycle up onto the roof of a vehicle. Since the bicycle is supported at an angle generally normal to the liftgate, visibility through the rear window of the liftgate is also improved when a bicycle is being supported on the bicycle carrier.

Bicycle carrier adapted to be used on a vertically orientated vehicle article carrier

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Ulricehamn, Sweden

Dan Svenningsson