Vehicle attached carrier pivotable about plural axes

A carrier for objects with wheels, said carrier adapted for facilitating the loading of the object and further adapted for attachment to a land vehicle having a longitudinally extending central axis extending from the front to back of said land vehicle, said carrier comprising:

• (a) a rigid support member affixed externally to the rear of said land vehicle;
• (b) a first pivot member pivotally mounted to said support member, said first pivot member rotatably mounted in a pivotal mounting for rotational movement between a horizontal carrying position substantially parallel to the ground, and a vertical position, and wherein said first pivot member pivots about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis of said land vehicle;
• (c) a second pivot member pivotally mounted to at least one portion of the first pivotal member, said second pivot member pivotally mounted to said pivot member about an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal central axis of said land vehicle, said pivotable movement of said second pivot member being between a horizontal carrying position and an downwardly tilted position for loading said object;
• (d) carrying members integrally affixed on said second pivot member, each said carrying member having insert members to receive a portion of one wheel of the carried object;
• (e) locking means on said carrier to secure the carried object to the carrier;
• (f) length adjustment means connected to one or more of said carrying members on said second pivot member, said adjustment means comprising a sleeve slidably mounted on said pivot member for axial movement along said second pivot member.

A carrier for objects with wheels, said carrier adapted for attachment to the back side of a land vehicle wherein said land vehicle has a longitudinally-central axis extending from the front to rear of said land vehicle, said carrier comprising:

• (a) a rigid support member affixed to the back of said land vehicle and projecting horizontally therefrom;
• (b) a first pivot member of rigid construction mounted through a pivot member in said rigid support member wherein the first pivot member carries a position locking means on said first pivot member, so as to limit arcuate rotation of said first pivot member to a ninety degree arc from a vertical storage position to a horizontal carrying position;
• (c) a second pivot member of rigid construction pivotally mounted to said first pivot member, said second pivot member having on the upper portion thereof a plurality of holding members which are comprised of polygonally shaped perimeters and depressed portions in the middle thereof to hold one or more of the wheels of said carried object, said second pivot member being rotatable between a horizontal carrying position and a tilted loading position;
• (d) first, locking means affixed to said second pivot member, said first locking means comprising a retractible spring loaded bolt to lock said second pivot member against movements relative to said first pivot member;
• (e) a second locking means affixed to said fixed support member, said second locking means comprising a pivotable bar member pivotally mounted to said first pivot member.