Roof basket with reinforcing rails

A carrier for mounting to a rooftop of a vehicle, the carrier comprising:

• a body molded of a polymer compound, the body having a first body portion and a separately molded second body portion which in use is disposed to a rear of the first body portion;
• a longitudinally oriented, elongate first beam portion of the first body portion, the first beam portion having a first outboard wall, a first inboard wall and a first top portion joining the first outboard wall to the first inboard wall, the first outboard wall, first top portion and first inboard wall forming a downwardly open first channel, the first outboard wall and the first top portion having respective first outer surfaces, the first beam portion having a first free end;
• a longitudinally oriented, elongate second beam portion of the second body portion, the second beam portion having a second outboard wall, a second inboard wall and a second top portion joining the second outboard wall to the second inboard wall, the second outboard wall, second top portion and second inner wall forming a downwardly open second channel, the second outer wall and the second top portion having respective second outer surfaces, the second beam having a second free end, the second free end fastened to the first free end at a fastening location;
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• an elongate reinforcing rail having a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall joining the top wall to the bottom wall, the reinforcing rail extending over the fastening location, a lower surface of the top wall of the reinforcing rail fitting to the first outer surface of the first top portion of the first beam portion and to the second outer surface of the second top portion of the second beam portion, an inner surface of the sidewall of the reinforcing rail fitting to the first outer surface of the first outer wall of the first beam portion and to the second outer surface of the second outer wall of the second beam portion, the bottom wall of the reinforcing rail extending across the first channel and across the second channel.

A carrier for mounting to a rooftop of a vehicle, the carrier comprising:

• a body molded of a polymer compound, the body having a first body portion and a separately molded second body portion which in use is disposed to a rear of the first body portion;
• a longitudinally oriented, elongate first beam portion of the first body portion, the first beam portion forming a downwardly open first channel, the first beam portion having a first free end;
• a longitudinally oriented, elongate second beam portion of the second body portion, the second beam portion forming a downwardly open second channel, the second beam portion having a second free end, the second free end fastened to the first free end at a fastening location;
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• an elongate reinforcing rail forming a channel which is open in a transverse direction, the reinforcing rail fitted around the first beam portion and the second beam portion so as to extend over the fastening location.

A roof basket for mounting to the rooftop of a vehicle, the roof basket comprising:

• a plurality of elongate spaced apart longitudinal beams and a plurality of elongate spaced apart transverse beams which intersect the longitudinal beams, at least the longitudinal beams being formed as downwardly open channels;
• the longitudinal beams including left and right outboard beams, each outboard beam having a longitudinally aligned straight segment;
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• for each outboard beam, a reinforcing rail longitudinally extending to cover substantially all of the straight segment of the outboard beam, the reinforcing rail formed as a channel open in an inboard direction, the reinforcing rail fitted around the outboard beam.