Bicycle handlebar mounted carrier bag

A carrier bag assembly for attachment to a bicycle and the like having a support member comprising

• a collapsible carrier bag having front and rear panels adapted to be collapsed toward one another;
• a bag frame positioned within said bag and comprising a rear member and a front member pivotally interengaged with the rear member engaging and partially shaping said rear panel and said front member engaging and partially shaping said front member;
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• a bracket assembly comprising a bracket, a securing member and a bracket engaging member, said bracket shaped to engage said support member and having means for engaging said bracket engaging member, said bracket engaging member shaped to detachably receive said bracket and means securing said bracket engaging means to said bag frame, and said securing member interengaging said bracket and said support member to secure said bag against movement relative to said support member wherein said bracket comprises an elongated U shaped member having a bight for engaging said support member and a pair of legs for engaging said bracket engaging member and the bight of said U shaped member supports said legs for flexing toward and away from one another, said legs having a section in V shaped relation to one another, said bracket engaging member having means to receive said V shaped section, and said securing member having means for engaging the free ends of said legs wherein said legs are flexed toward one another and in secure engagement with said bracket engaging member.

In a carrier bag assembly for attachment to a bicycle and the like having a support member, the carrier bag assembly having a carrier bag, a bracket shaped to engage said support member, means connected to said bracket for removably securing said bracket to said support member and means connected to said carrier bag for releasably fastening said bag to said bracket, the improvement comprising,

• a V-shaped member adapted to be releasably inserted into said bracket,
• means for securing the apex of said V-shaped member to said bag at a fixed distance from the outer surface of said carrier bag;
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• means for movably securing the arms of said V-shaped member to the rear surface of said carrier bag, said V-shaped member having a notch in each of said arms for engaging said bracket when said V-shaped member is inserted into said bracket.