Vehicle Rooftop Platform Mounting Systems With Leveling Systems
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsRyan C. Harris, Scott L. Frederick
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Abstract
A vehicle rooftop platform mounting system includes a platform adjuster device that is configured to mount to a vehicle. The platform adjuster device includes a ball joint that rotatably connects a corner of a support platform to the platform adjuster device to adjust an angle of the corner of the support platform relative to a roof of the vehicle.
Claims14
A vehicle rooftop platform mounting system comprising a platform adjuster device configured to mount to a vehicle, the platform adjuster device comprising a ball joint that rotatably connects a corner of a support platform to the platform adjuster device to adjust an angle of the corner of the support platform relative to a roof of the vehicle.
A method of adjusting an angular position of a support platform using a vehicle rooftop platform mounting system, the method comprising:
- mounting four platform adjuster devices to two roof rails of a vehicle, wherein at least one platform adjuster device comprises a ball joint that rotatably connects a corner of the support platform to the at least one platform adjuster device to adjust an angle of the corner of the support platform relative to a roof of the vehicle;
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- lifting the ball joint and the corner using a lifting device of the at least one platform adjuster device thereby rotating the support platform relative to the roof of the vehicle using the ball joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.