Load carrying system for motor vehicles
OwnerMichael Mcmillaninventor
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Abstract
A load carrier has a flat tray-like body that attaches to a vehicle by load bars. Multiple components may be installed on the tray body in many locations on the tray body, for containing and/or supporting cargo. One component is a cargo container that is captured and locked in one of several possible positions on the tray body. Other components are cargo posts that include one or more upending towers for supporting cargo by capturing generally vertical portions of the cargo between the towers, wherein the cargo posts may be non-pivotal, pivotal, slidable and/or adjustable. Another component is a hooked or curved depending assembly that suspends cargo from the edges of the tray body.
Claims20
A load carrier for attachment to a vehicle roof or other exterior vehicle structure, the load carrier comprising:
- a tray having an floor panel, front and rear walls, and left and right side walls;
- a pair of cargo posts, each cargo post comprising a base plate connectable at multiple locations on said floor panel, and a tower upending from the base plate that is a generally flat plate with a longitudinal axis and having multiple apertures through the flat plate at various distances along the longitudinal axis;
- said multiple locations comprising at least a first and a second location near each other, each for receiving one of said cargo posts, so that the towers are positionable near each other with a space between the towers;
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- a fastener extending through one of said apertures of each of the towers above said cargo to connect the towers of the pair of cargo posts for retaining the cargo between the towers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.