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US 2020/0047677 A1Published application
Modular roof rail cover
AssigneeDura Operating, LLC
InventorKenneth Keck, II
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Abstract
A roof rail connectable to a roof of a vehicle includes a substrate connected to the roof of the vehicle, and a modular cover having a first cover connected to the substrate and a second cover connected to the substrate, wherein the modular cover covers the substrate.
Claims32
A roof rail connectable to a roof of a vehicle, the roof rail comprising:
- a substrate connected to the roof of the vehicle;
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- a modular cover having a first cover connected to the substrate and a second cover connected to the substrate, wherein the modular cover covers the substrate.
A roof rail connectable to a roof of a vehicle, the roof rail comprising:
- a substrate connected to the roof of the vehicle;
- a modular cover having a first cover connected to the substrate and a second cover connected to the substrate, wherein the modular cover covers the substrate;
- an outer decorative strip connected to the modular cover, the outer decorative strip including a downward facing, upper edge and an upward facing, lower edge;
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- a connector that engages the downward facing, upper edge and the upward facing, lower edge and connects the outer decorative strip to the modular cover.
2 more elements
A roof rail connectable to a roof of a vehicle, the roof rail comprising:
- a modular substrate connected to the roof of the vehicle;
- and
- a modular cover having a first cover connected to the substrate, a second cover connected to the substrate, and a third cover connected to the substrate, wherein the first cover includes a first distal end of the roof rail, the second cover is a central portion of the roof rail, and the third cover includes a second distal end of the roof rail, wherein the first cover and the second cover have a first overlap joint and the second cover and the third cover have a second overlap joint, wherein the first cover includes a lower portion of the first overlap joint and the second cover includes a recess of the first overlap joint to receive the lower portion of the first overlap joint, and wherein the third cover includes a lower portion of the second overlap joint and the second cover includes a recess to receive the lower portion of the second overlap joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.