Movable transversal roof rack
AssigneeMatej Kurbel
InventorMatej Kurbel
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Abstract
A movable transversal roof rack according to the invention, enabling loading and unloading a cargo away from a vehicle roof consisting of two support elements, one support element to be placed on a front part of the vehicle roof, and another support element to be placed on a rear part of the vehicle roof, wherein each support element comprises a support, a first arm and a second arm adapted for the mutual insertion in such a way that the support element in its folded position forms the compact longitudinal body of substantially square, rectangular, or elliptical cross-section.
Claims20
A movable transversal roof rack enabling loading and unloading a cargo away from a vehicle roof consisting of two support elements, one support element of the support elements to be placed on a front part of the vehicle roof, and another support element of the support elements to be placed on a rear part of the vehicle roof, characterized in that each support element of the support elements comprises a support, a first arm and a second arm, wherein:
- the support is in a form of a longitudinal profile containing:
- means for attachment of holders for fixing the support element on the vehicle roof, and
- guiding means of the support arranged along the support, where the guiding means of the support are equipped with
- stoppers of the support for preventing complete sliding of the first arm from the support;
- the first arm is arranged slidingly movable along the support, where the first arm consists of a first element and a second element mutually interconnected via a joint, wherein a sum of lengths of the first element and the second element represents a length of the first arm, and wherein the second element is adapted for deflection from its horizontal position around the joint downwards by an angle of 1° to 90° to a tilted position, and wherein the first arm further comprises:
- at least one longitudinal side wall,
- first guiding means of the first arm adapted for cooperation with the guiding means of the support arranged along at least a part of the first element, and
- second guiding means of the first arm in a form of at least two grooves arranged substantially parallelly along the first element and the second element on the at least one longitudinal side wall, and wherein in the tilted position of the second element, the second guiding means of the first arm are in a form of two broken grooves, and wherein the second guiding means of the first arm are equipped with:
- stoppers of the first arm for preventing complete sliding of the second arm from the first arm;
- the second arm is arranged slidingly movable along the first arm, wherein the second arm comprises:
- load securing means;
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- guiding means of the second arm in a form of two projections adapted for movement in the broken grooves of the first arm and for stabilization of the second arm in its horizontal position.
A movable transversal roof rack enabling loading and unloading a cargo away from a vehicle roof consisting of two support elements;
- one support element of the support elements to be placed on a front part of the vehicle roof, and another support element of the support elements to be placed on a rear part of the vehicle roof;
- characterized in that each support element of the support elements comprises a support, a first arm and a second arm, wherein:
- the support is in a form of a longitudinal profile with a rectangular cross-section and contains:
- means for attachment of holders for fixing the support element on the vehicle roof, and
- guiding means of the support in a form of two grooves, arranged along the support one on each longitudinal side wall of the support, wherein the grooves are equipped with stoppers at its ends;
- the first arm is arranged slidingly movable along the support, where the first arm consists of a first element and a second element mutually interconnected via a joint, wherein a sum of lengths of the first element and the second element represents a length of the first arm, and wherein the second element is adapted for deflection from its horizontal position around the joint downwards by an angle of 1° to 90° to a tilted position, and wherein the first arm further comprises:
- having a cross-section of inverted stylized letter “U”,
- two first guiding means of the first arm adapted for cooperation with the guiding means of the support arranged one at each arm of the inverted letter “U” on its inner side, and
- two second guiding means of the first arm arranged one at each arm of the inverted letter “U” on its outer side, wherein each of the second guiding means is in a form of two grooves arranged substantially parallelly along the first element and the second element, and wherein in the tilted position of the second element, the second guiding means of the first arm are in a form of two broken grooves, and wherein the second guiding means of the first arm are equipped with:
- stoppers of the first arm for preventing complete sliding of the second arm from the first arm;
- the second arm having a cross-section of the inverted stylized letter “U” is arranged slidingly movable along the first arm, wherein the second arm comprises:
- load securing means;
- two guiding means of the second arm arranged one at each arm of the inverted stylized letter “U” on its inner side, wherein each guiding means of the second arm is in a form of two projections adapted for movement in the broken grooves of the first arm and for stabilization of the second arm in its horizontal position;
- an anchoring element arranged on its upper wall from the inner side, and the first arm comprises a complementary longitudinal groove arranged on its upper wall from the outer side;
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- one stabilization element arranged on a proximal end of the second arm, the stabilization element comprising a region R adapted to abut on the first arm for ensuring stability of the second arm in the horizontal position during a transition of the guiding means of the second arm along breaks of the grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.