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US 11,220,202 B1Granted
Kayak roof rack
OwnerDavid Martininventor
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Abstract
A loading and transportation roof rack for the roof of a vehicle. It pivots off of its mounting plate on the vehicle's roof to a position parallel and beside the vehicle so the kayak can be loaded on and lashed down to its C shaped cradle. Thereafter, the roof rack may be tilted vertically onto the vehicle's roof and locked into place. There is a brace that is used to lock the cradle assembly in either the vertical or horizontal positions.
Claims8
A kayak vehicular roof rack comprising:
- a base plate with a pair of hinge pin supports extending therefrom;
- a hinge pin;
- a brace with a first distal end and a first proximal end, having a pair of hinge leaves formed thereon said first proximal end;
- a bi-directional pivot socket having a pivot arm bore and a perpendicularly disposed hinge pin bore, said bi-directional pivot socket pivotally affixed to said base plate and to said brace by said hinge pin passing through said pair of hinge leaves, said hinge pin bore and said pair of hinge pin supports;
- a cradle assembly made of a pivot arm having a second distal end and a second proximal end, therebetween from which extends perpendicularly an inner cradle arm onto which is telescopically affixed an outer cradle arm, wherein said second proximal end is pivotally connected into said pivot arm bore;
- wherein said brace is connectable to said pivot arm.
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A kayak vehicular roof rack comprising:
- a base plate;
- a T shaped bi-directional pivot socket having a pivot arm bore and a perpendicularly disposed hinge pin bore, said T shaped bi-directional pivot socket pivotally mounted on said base plate;
- a cradle assembly pivotally connected into said T shaped bi-directional pivot socket;
- a brace pivotally connected into said T shaped bi-directional pivot socket, said brace connectable at two different locations on said cradle assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.