Tennis racket carrier for bicycles

A tennis racket carrier for bicycles having a cross-member disposed between the rider's seat and the steering column and the like, comprising:

• (a) a T-shaped member having at least four apertures therein, each aperture disposed adjacent to the extremities of said T-shaped member;
• (b) a pair of rods mounted in the pair of apertures in the vertical portion of the T-shaped member, each of said rods having a pair of complementary ends thereon which are threaded, said rods being spaced apart to permit the handle of a tennis racket to be disposed therebetween;
• (c) a pair of plates having a pair of apertures adjacent the ends of said plates and arranged to be engaged with the ends of said pair of rods so as to be mounted thereto;
• (d) spacer means mediately disposed on said rods to prevent the plates from contacting said vertical portion of said T-shaped member;
• (e) bracket means adapted to be conformably mounted to the cross-member of said bicycle, and further having a pair of laterally-disposed flanges with apertures therein, said apertures arranged in complementary relationship to the pair of apertures in the horizontal portion of the T-shaped member;
• (f) threaded nut means for engagement with the threaded ends of said rods for securing said plates thereto;
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• (g) fastening means for securing the flanges of said bracket means to the top of said T-shaped member thereby securing said T-shaped member to said bracket means whereby said bracket means is operably joined with and supported by said cross-member of said bicycle.