Bicycle carrier

Abstract

A rack for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle. The rack includes forward and rear crossbars extending across a top surface of the vehicle and a pair of tower bodies associated with each crossbar to secure the crossbars to the vehicle. A wheel mount is attached to a first one of the crossbars. The wheel mount is adapted to support a wheel of the bicycle with a lowest point on the wheel positioned over a range of positions relative to the crossbar including with the lowest point positioned off the wheel mount.

1 . A bike rack comprising 
 a front crossbar and a rear crossbar configured for mounting on top of a car,    a wheel tray portion equipped for mounting at least on the rear crossbar, the wheel tray portion having two lateral sides, each side having a receiver for receiving an end portion of a ratchet strap,    a ratchet strap having teeth on two end portions for engaging the receivers on the wheel tray,    a fork block body mounted on the front crossbar,    a skewer mounted to the body,    a cam follower slidably mounted on the skewer, and    a cam lever pivotally mounted on the skewer adjacent the cam follower and operable upon rotation to reciprocally shift the cam follower on the skewer.