Abstract: A carrier for wheeled vehicles folds down quickly and compactly, aiding in shipping and storage, and providing ease of use. The carrier includes an automobile attachment member, a first support member, and a second support member movable relative to the first member from a retracted position to an extended position. In the retracted position the second member is nested within the first member. In the extended position, the second member is extended in telescoping fashion out of the first member. The carrier also includes a third support member movable relative to the second member from a folded position to an unfolded position. An elongate upper member extending from the third member includes an elongate body and a free distal end. Adjacent spokes of a wheel are positioned about the free distal end of the elongate member and the vehicle is moved backward along the elongate body towards the third member.

Abstract: Bicycle carriers and corresponding methods for loading bicycles and/or other wheeled vehicles onto such carriers are provided. In one embodiment, a bicycle carrier includes a support member (e.g., vertical or generally vertical support member), a hitch member, an elongate upper member, and an elongate lower member. The elongate upper member has an elongate body and a free distal end configured for receipt, serially one after another, of a plurality of wheels of a corresponding plurality of bicycles. For each bicycle, adjacent spokes of a bicycle wheel are positioned about the free distal end of the elongate member and the bicycle is moved backward along the elongate body towards the support member. The elongate body is configured to support the weight of the bicycles via contact with the rims of the bicycle wheels. The carrier is configured such that the bicycles hang generally vertically from the elongate body.

Abstract: Bicycle carriers and corresponding methods for loading bicycles and/or other wheeled vehicles onto such carriers are provided. In one embodiment, a bicycle carrier includes a support member (e.g., vertical or generally vertical support member), a hitch member, an elongate upper member, and an elongate lower member. The elongate upper member has an elongate body and a free distal end configured for receipt, serially one after another, of a plurality of wheels of a corresponding plurality of bicycles. For each bicycle, adjacent spokes of a bicycle wheel are positioned about the free distal end of the elongate member and the bicycle is moved backward along the elongate body towards the support member. The elongate body is configured to support the weight of the bicycles via contact with the rims of the bicycle wheels. The carrier is configured such that the bicycles hang generally vertically from the elongate body.