Accessory cross bar for a bicycle trailer

1. An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier, said passenger carrier comprising a frame and a push-handle at a rear end of said frame, characterized in that said accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at said rear end of said passenger carrier frame and wherein said accessory cross bar is hollow and comprises an outer wall and an interior cavity, said accessory cross bar being a profiled accessory cross bar having an upper part and a lower part in a vertical direction and having a uniform shape in a longitudinal direction, said upper part having a rounded surface and said accessory cross bar having an asymmetric shape in a horizontal direction;

said lower part comprising an elongated opening in the form of a track such that said elongated opening uniformly extends along a length of the accessory cross bar and the width of said elongated opening is narrower than a width of said interior cavity, said elongated opening extending along said outer wall to permit access to said interior cavity and adapted to receive a cover sheet having a predetermined thickness.

2. The accessory cross bar according to claim 1 , wherein said accessory cross bar comprises an inner vertical wall in said interior cavity.

3. The accessory cross bar according to claim 1 , wherein said accessory cross bar comprises two inner vertical walls in said interior cavity.

4. The accessory cross bar according to claim 3 , wherein said accessory cross bar comprises an inner horizontal wall extending between said two inner vertical walls in said interior cavity.

5. The accessory cross bar according to claim 1 , wherein said interior cavity in said accessory cross bar is arranged to receive and retain an end portion of a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame.

6. The accessory cross bar according to claim 5 , wherein said accessory cross bar comprises two inner cavities arranged to receive and retain an end portion of a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame.

7. The accessory cross bar according claim 1 , wherein said accessory cross bar is an integral, pre-mounted part of said passenger carrier frame.

8. The accessory cross bar according to claim 1 , wherein said accessory cross bar comprises attachment members for repeated attachment and removal of said accessory cross bar from said passenger carrier frame.

9. A passenger carrier bicycle trailer comprising a frame with a coupling arrangement at a front end of said frame for coupling of said bicycle trailer to a bicycle and a push-handle at a rear end of said frame, wherein said carrier bicycle trailer comprises an accessory cross bar according to claim 1 mounted at said rear end of said frame.

10. An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier, said passenger carrier comprising a frame and a push-handle at a rear end of said frame, characterized in that said accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at said rear end of said passenger carrier frame and said accessory cross bar comprising:

a hollow member having a uniform shape along a longitudinal direction, further having an outer wall and an interior cavity and an elongated opening uniformly extending along a longitudinal direction of said outer wall and having a width smaller than a width of said interior cavity;

an upper part and a lower part in a vertical direction, said upper part having a rounded surface;

an asymmetric shape in a horizontal direction; and

wherein said interior cavity is arranged to receive and retain an end portion of a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame and where said interior cavity comprises a subcavity in a lower part of said interior cavity;

wherein a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame is secured to a rod and said rod is inserted into a portion of said interior cavity to secure the rod and the cover sheet to said accessory bar with said cover sheet extending through said elongated opening.