Spare tire rack

In combination with a vehicle including a marginal portion beneath which a spare tire wheel may be supported in generally horizontal position and including frame structure inwardly of said marginal portion and a structural member adjacent the outer margin of said marginal portion, a spare wheel rack assembly including an elongated guide structure having one end pivotally anchored to said frame structure for angular displacement relative thereto about a horizontal axis extending transversely of said guide structure between a first raised horizontal position and a second lowered position with the other end of said guide structure lowered relative to said one end, an elongated wheel supporting rack, support means pivotally supporting one end of said rack from said guide structure for angular displacement relative thereto about an axis transverse to said guide structure and said rack and movement of said axis along said guide structure between a first position with said rack one end closely adjacent said one end of said guide structure and the other end of said wheel supporting rack adjacent said other end of said guide structure and a second position with said rack one end adjacent said other end of said guide structure and said rack other end displaced endwise outwardly of said guide structure other end, said other ends of said guide structure and rack including coacting releasably engagable means operative to supportingly engage the other end of said guide structure from said other end of said rack against relative vertical shifting of said other ends upon final movement of said rack from its second position to its first position and disengageable upon initial movement of said rack to its second position, said other end of said rack and said marginal portion including coacting latching structure releasably engageable with each other when said rack and guide structures are in their first positions, and pivot limiting means operatively connected between said structural member and said other end of said guide structure limiting downwardly swinging movement of said other end of said guide structure relative to said structural member.