Wheel carrier assembly

A spare wheel apparatus including two symmetrical wheel carrier assemblies, each assembly including a vehicle mounting portion, a supporting portion and a wheel holding portion, said vehicle mounting portion including a socket member engageable with a vehicle bumper, a post section extending upwardly from said socket member, a bracket section affixed adjacent the upper portion of said post section, said bracket section including means for attaching same to a vehicle body, said supporting portion including a plurality of hinge members and being joined by a connecting section adjacent the ends thereof remote from said hinge members, said wheel holding portion including a hub member, means for securing a wheel to said wheel holding portion, said wheel holding portion being affixed to said supporting portion intermediate said hinge members and said connecting section;

• said apparatus including latch means selectively connecting said two wheel carrier assemblies, an anchor member mountable on a vehicle body at a point thereon between said assemblies;
• whereby said latch means is selectively engageable with said anchor member to lock said two wheel carrier assemblies in a single vertical plane.