Vehicle attachable carrier device

A mounting bracket assembly for movably mounting a guard frame to a vehicle, said assembly comprising:

• a bracket comprising a coupling portion of said bracket extending rearwardly away from an arm portion of said bracket, each of a first lateral and a second lateral side of said coupling portion of said bracket being coupled to and extending upwardly from a lower portion of said coupling portion of said bracket wherein said coupling portion of said bracket has a U-shape, a central portion of each of said first and second lateral sides of said coupling portion of said bracket having a height being less than a height of a rear portion and a front portion of each of said first and second lateral sides of said coupling portion of said bracket;
• a mounting aperture extending through said coupling portion of said bracket, said mounting aperture being one of a plurality of said mounting apertures, said plurality of mounting apertures being positioned on said rear portion of each of said first and second lateral sides of said coupling portion of said bracket and a rear of said lower portion of said bracket;
• a plurality of fasteners extending through said plurality of mounting apertures and engaging a bottom of the vehicle wherein said bracket is retained on the vehicle wherein said front portion of said bracket is positioned proximate a front of the vehicle;
• a pin aperture extending through said coupling portion of said bracket, said pin aperture being one of a plurality of said pin apertures, said plurality of pin apertures comprising a pair of sets of pin apertures, said pair of sets of pin apertures being positioned on said front portion of each of said first and second lateral sides of said coupling portion of said bracket;
• said coupling portion of said bracket being one of a pair of said coupling portions of said bracket, each of said pair of coupling brackets being positioned proximate an associated one of a first end and a second end of said arm portion of said bracket,
• a frame movably coupled to said bracket wherein said frame is configured to guard the vehicle, said frame being positionable between a stored position and an extended position, said frame comprising;
• a headlamp portion of said frame coupled to and extending laterally away from said frame wherein said headlamp portion of said frame comprises a closed loop, said headlamp portion of said frame being one of a pair of said headlamp portions of said frame each positioned on an associated one of a first lateral arm and a second lateral arm of said frame proximate a top arm of said frame;
• a central arm of said frame coupled to and extending between each of said first lateral and said second lateral arms of said frame;
• a grate coextensively coupled between each of a bottom, said top, said first lateral and said second lateral arms of said frame wherein said grate protects the front of the vehicle when said frame is in said stored position;
• a blinker portion of said frame coupled to and extending laterally away from said frame wherein said blinker portion of said frame forms a closed loop, said blinker portion of said frame being one of a pair of said blinker portions of said frame each positioned on an associated one of said first lateral arm and said second lateral arm of said frame proximate said bottom arm of said frame;
• a U-shaped mount coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom arm of said frame;
• a plurality of pin apertures extending through each of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said U-shaped mount;
• said U-shaped mount being one of a pair of said U-shaped mounts each positioned proximate an associated one said first lateral arm and said second lateral arm of said frame, each of said U-shaped mounts engaging an associated one of said front portions of said coupling portion of said pair of brackets wherein a first pin extends through each of a lower ones of said pair of pin apertures in said U-shaped mount and an associated pair of pin apertures in said forward portion of said coupling portion of said bracket wherein said frame is movably coupled to said bracket;
• a removable pin selectively extending through each of an upper one of said pair of pin apertures in said U-shaped mount and an associated pair of said pin apertures in said forward portion of said coupling portion of said bracket wherein said frame is retained in said stored position wherein said frame extends laterally along the front of the vehicle;
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• said removable pin being selectively removed from said U-shaped mount wherein said frame is positionable in said extended position wherein said frame extends forwardly from the front of the vehicle.