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US 11,958,441 B2Granted
Laterally extensible accessible vehicle cargo rack
OwnerNoah Malgeriinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle roof rack system is disclosed, such as a laterally extensible rail-type rack for connection to the roof or top of a vehicle. The rack rails may extend laterally and at the same time, through or over their range of extension, come down to a more accessible or lower height with respect to the ground upon which the user is standing or located with respect to the vehicle when using the rack to load or unload cargo.
Claims20
A vehicle roof rack system fixed on a vehicle comprising:
- a rail assembly configured to be mounted in an orientation transverse to the axis described by the primary direction of travel of the vehicle;
- wherein the rail assembly comprises a first rail system and a second rail system that are arranged in parallel to each other and curved along their longest axes;
- a travel limiter;
- and
- wherein the first rail system and the second rail system comprise tubes of differing outer and inner diameters with respect to the other tubes to allow the tubes to translate within and/or outside of each other.
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A vehicle roof rack system fixed on a vehicle comprising:
- a rail assembly configured to be mounted in an orientation transverse to the axis described by the primary direction of travel of the vehicle;
- wherein the rail assembly comprises a first rail system and a second rail system that are arranged in parallel to each other and curved along their longest axes;
- wherein the first rail system and the second rail system extend from a roof of the vehicle to a side of the vehicle below a vehicle window level;
- and
- wherein the first rail system and the second rail system comprise tubes of differing outer and inner diameters with respect to the other tubes to allow the tubes to translate within and/or outside of each other.
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A vehicle roof rack system fixed on a vehicle comprising:
- a rail assembly configured to be mounted in an orientation transverse to the axis described by the primary direction of travel of the vehicle;
- wherein the rail assembly comprises two rail systems that are arranged in parallel to each other and curved along their longest axes;
- a tower;
- a stabilizer connected to the two rail systems;
- and
- wherein the two rail systems each have three tubes of differing outer and inner diameters with respect to the other tubes to allow the tubes to translate within and/or outside of each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.