Bumper mounted carrier rack

In a bumper mounted carrier rack of the type including a tubular member adapted to overlie the outer side of the bumper, upper and lower bumper clamps each including a plate portion having a hole dimensioned to receive said tubular members;

• a flange portion extending transverse to the plate portion along one edge of the latter;
• and a lip portion extending laterally of the flange portion and spaced from the plate portion to engage the side of the tubular member, the flange portion of each bumper clamp having a pair of bolt receiving openings adjacent relatively opposite sides of the hole in the plate portion;
• a first bumper hanger including a pair of L-shaped bolts each including first and second legs integrally connected at one end to extend transverse to each other and having threaded end portions at the other ends thereof, a second bumper hanger including a pair of eye bolts each having an elongated shank with an eye at one end dimensionsed to receive one of the legs of an L-shaped bolt and a threaded end portion at the other end thereof, the threaded end portion on the first legs of the L-shaped bolts extending through respective ones of the bolt receiving openings on one of the bumper clamps and having threaded fasteners thereon for adjusting that bumper clamp horizontally, the threaded end portions on the second legs of the L-shaped bolts extending through the eyes on respective ones of the eye bolts and having threaded fasteners thereon for adjusting the eye bolts vertically, and the threaded end portions of eye bolts extending through respective ones of the bolt receiving openings in the other of the bumper clamps and having threaded fasteners thereon for adjusting that bumper clamp horizontally.