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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1991
Richard L Fullhart, Goshen, IN (US);
Steven L Garatoni, Osceola, IN (US);
David J Troyer, Elkhart, IN (US);
Philip K Hoopes, Jr, Union, MI (US);
Reese Products, Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A bicycle rack adapted to be detachably mounted to a passenger vehicle via a standard trailer hitch with the bicycle rack having a vertical support pivotally connected at one end to a base assembly with an upper crossbar assembly pivotally connected to the other end via a removable and reversible crossbar bracket on which a clamp arm is removably mounted. A pull pin releasably locks the vertical tube in an upright position to the base assembly and another pull pin locks the upper crossbar assembly in a horizontal position to the vertical support. Spacers may be removably inserted in downwardly depending flanges of the base assembly to mount it to a relatively narrow trailer hitch.