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US 2019/0100150 A1Published application
Crossbar clamp actuator
AssigneeYakima Products, Inc.
InventorsScott A. McFadden, Charles Kraeuter, John Mark Elliott, Gian-Marco D'Angelo
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Abstract
A crossbar clamp actuator of a crossbar-to-vehicle coupler may include a horizontally traveling wedge block having a ramped, downward-facing first slide surface, and a wedge follower having a second slide surface in frictional contact with the first slide surface of the traveling wedge block. Substantially horizontal repositioning of the traveling wedge block may cause the ramped first slide surface to urge the wedge follower downward, thereby actuating a crossbar clamp.
Claims11
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A rack for carrying cargo on top of a vehicle, the rack comprising:
- a crossbar and a pair of couplers configured to mount the crossbar on top of a vehicle such that a long axis of the crossbar is substantially horizontal and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- wherein each coupler includes:
- a crossbar clamp having a crossbar seat and a crossbar connector movable relative to the crossbar seat;
- and
- a crossbar clamp actuator configured to convert horizontal actuation into vertical clamping of the crossbar connector to the crossbar seat.
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