Car rack for holding surfboards or the like

An accessory detachably securable on a mounting surface of a car in spaced relationship with an identical accessory to form a rack for supporting an elongated object such as a surfboard, the accessory comprising:

• an elongated support pad to be disposed between the object and the mounting surface, the support pad having a tunnel therethrough and being compressible so as to preclude marring the finish on the mounting surface or object;
• a frame member;
• strap means for tautly spanning the mounting surface and including a continuous strap having first, second, and third lengths of strap, the third length of strap extending through the tunnel to join the first and second lengths of strap, the first and second lengths of strap extending from opposite ends of the support pad to slidably pass through the frame member and fold back to extend away therefrom to opposite remote ends of the strap means, said first and second lengths cooperating with the support pad and with the frame to form a loop that is adjustable to tightly gird the object and secure the object in a fixed position between the mounting surface and the frame member when the strap means tautly spans the mounting surface;
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• separate anchor means attached to each remote end for connection to a fixed point at an edge of the mounting surface so as to maintain the tightness of the loop.

An accessory detachably securable on a mounting surface of a car in spaced relationship with an identical accessory to form a rack for supporting an elongated object such as a surfboard, the accessory comprising:

• an elongated support pad to be disposed between the object and the mounting surface, the support pad being compressible so as to preclude marring the finish on the mounting surface or object;
• a frame member;
• strap means for tautly spanning the mounting surface and including first and second lengths of strap extending from opposite ends of the support pad to slidably pass through the frame member and fold back to extend away therefrom to opposite remote ends of the strap means, said first and second lengths cooperating with the support pad and with the frame member to form a loop that is adjustable to tightly gird the object and secure the object in a fixed position between the mounting surface and the frame member when the strap means tautly spans the mounting surface;
• separate anchor means attached to each remote end for connection to a fixed point at an edge of the mounting surface so as to maintain the tightness of the loop;
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• at least one of the anchor means cooperating with the strap means to provide for adjusting the length of strap between the separate anchor means, and comprising a hook having an opening, and an end piece frame having first and second bars, with a portion of the strap means extending upwardly through the opening, around the first bar, back downwardly through the opening, and back upwardly for attachment to the second bar of the end piece frame.