Car top equipment rack
AssigneeKuat Innovations LLC
InventorsLuke Kuschmeader, Jordan Bowles, Mike Buis, Aaron Houston, Joshua Schwartz
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Abstract
An equipment rack for use with a vehicle is described having a sliding member translatably attached to a lower cross member of the rack. The sliding member translates outwardly from the rack to a loading and unloading position. In the loading and unloading position, sports equipment may be placed on or removed from the sliding member. When the sports equipment has been loaded the sliding member may be translated back toward the rack into a stowed position. In the stowed position an upper cross member may be clamped to the lower cross member to secure the sports equipment on the rack.
Claims1
A rack for carrying ski equipment on a vehicle, the rack comprising:
- a base member configured to attach to a vehicle;
- a clamp member pivotally attached to the base member and configured to pivot from a closed configuration to an open configuration;
- a first plurality of spaced-apart protrusions extending from the base member and the clamp member, each spaced-apart protrusion in the first plurality of spaced-apart protrusions disposed at least partially along a first longitudinal plane of the rack;
- a second plurality of spaced-apart protrusions extending from the base member and the clamp member, each spaced-apart protrusion in the second plurality of spaced-apart protrusions disposed at least partially along a second longitudinal plane of the rack;
- a third plurality of spaced-apart protrusions extending from the base member and the clamp member, each spaced-apart protrusion in the third plurality of spaced-apart protrusions disposed at least partially along a third longitudinal plane of the rack;
- a fourth plurality of spaced-apart protrusions extending from the base member and the clamp member, each spaced-apart protrusion in the fourth plurality of spaced-apart protrusions disposed at least partially along a fourth longitudinal plane of the rack;
- wherein in the closed configuration the spaced-apart protrusions in the first plurality of spaced-apart protrusions interlock along the first longitudinal plane of the rack to fill the first longitudinal plane of the rack between the base member and the clamp member;
- wherein in the closed configuration the spaced-apart protrusions in the second plurality of spaced-apart protrusions interlock along the second longitudinal plane of the rack to fill the second longitudinal plane of the rack between the base member and the clamp member;
- wherein the first plurality of spaced-apart protrusions is longitudinally offset from the second plurality of spaced-apart protrusions so that at least one transverse plane across the base member intersects a space between spaced-apart protrusions on the base member in the first plurality and also intersects a protrusion on the base member in the second plurality;
- wherein the first plurality of spaced-apart protrusions, the second plurality of spaced-apart protrusions, the third plurality of spaced-apart protrusions, and the fourth plurality of spaced-apart protrusions are longitudinally offset from each other so that each transverse plane through the base member intersects at least one protrusion in the pluralities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.