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US 2019/0241127 A1Published application
Roof rack system
AssigneeTalem Capital, LLC
InventorsTodd J. Schweitzer, Greg Bastien
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to a roof rack system including a rotating mechanism allowing roof-mounted objects to be slid off of a vehicle's roof and lowered via rotation to a more accessible height in a controlled or powered manner.
Claims15
A roof mounted rack system comprising:
- a frame configured to mount to a vehicle roof, said frame comprising:
- a frame rail configured to be transversely mounted to the vehicle roof;
- a mounting rail, comprising a parallel portion substantially parallel to the frame rail, said mounting rail being slidably and rotatably coupled to the frame rail such that, when the frame is mounted to the vehicle roof, the mounting rail is operable to:
- slide, relative to the frame rail, in a transverse direction so that the parallel portion of the mounting rail extends into a space to the side of the vehicle roof, and
- rotate, relative to the frame rail, such that the parallel portion of the mounting rail is lowered below a plane defined by the vehicle roof wherein the parallel portion of the mounting rail remains substantially parallel to the frame rail throughout the rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.