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US 12,759,474 B2Granted
Mounting rail for vehicle accessories
AssigneeGM Global Tehcnology Operations, Inc.
InventorsSam Kenny, Andrew Close
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Abstract
A mounting rail for a vehicle comprises a housing attached to the vehicle and including a first portion and a second portion, a first channel extending along the first portion of the housing between a first end and a second end, the first end defining an opening to the first channel, and a lock located proximate to the opening to the first channel, the lock disposed in a lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the first channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the first channel.
Claims20
A mounting rail system for a vehicle, the mounting rail system comprising:
- a mounting rail including a housing that includes a first portion and a second portion;
- a first channel extending along the first portion of the housing between a first end and a second end, the first end defining an opening to the first channel;
- a second channel extending along the second portion of the housing between a third end and a fourth end, the third end defining an opening to the second channel;
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- a first lock located proximate to the opening to the first channel, the first lock disposed in a lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the first channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the first channel;
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- a second lock located proximate to the opening to the second channel, the second lock disposed in the lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the second channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the second channel, the first lock and the second lock being independently operable.
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An accessory mounting system for a vehicle, the accessory mounting system comprising:
- a mounting rail including a housing defining a first channel having an opening and a second channel having an opening;
- a first lock located proximate to the opening to the first channel, the first lock disposed in a lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the first channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the first channel;
- a second lock located proximate to the opening to the second channel, the second lock disposed in the lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the second channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the second channel, the first lock and the second lock being independently operable;
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- a first vehicle accessory attached to an accessory mount including a post, the post configured to enter the first channel at the opening of the first channel when the first lock is in the unlocked state and prevented from entering the first channel at the opening of the first channel or being removed from the first channel at the opening when the first lock is in the locked state.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an instrument panel;
- a mounting rail including a housing attached to the instrument panel and defining a first channel having an opening and a second channel having an opening;
- a first lock located proximate to the opening to the first channel, the first lock disposed in a lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the first channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the first channel;
- a second lock located proximate to the opening to the second channel, the second lock disposed in the lock housing and movable relative to the lock housing between a locked state blocking entry into the opening of the second channel and an unlocked state spaced apart from the opening of the second channel, the first lock and the second lock being independently operable;
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- a first vehicle accessory attached to an accessory mount including a post, the post configured to enter the first channel at the opening of the first channel when the first lock is in the unlocked state and prevented from entering the first channel at the opening of the first channel or being removed from the first channel at the opening when the first lock is in the locked state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.