US 4,381,070 AGranted

Device for securing surfboards or the like on the roof carriers of automotive vehicles

AssigneeHeinrich Wunder KG

InventorJosef Langbauer

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Abstract

The device for securing the hull of a watercraft and/or a sailboat mast comprises a locking bar the lower end of which has a hook, an annular eyelet or a crosshead by means of which the locking arm can be secured on a portion of the roof carrier which supports the hull of the watercraft and is secured to the roof of an automotive vehicle or on the sailboat mast which can be inserted between the roof and the roof carrier during transport. The upper end of the locking bar has a thread onto which can be screwed a flange or nut by means of which the hull of the watercraft or the sailboat mast can be securely clamped. The threadedly connectable flange or nut acts either upon the hull of the watercraft, e.g., a surfboard, or upon a portion of the roof carrier when the sailboat mast is secured by the locking bar. If this safety device is to be used in connection with the hull of a watercraft, it is necessary that the hull be provided with a through opening, for example, a daggerboard opening.

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Dependent claims

A device for securing at least one component of a watercraft, such as a surfboard, which has an opening, on the roof of an automotive vehicle, comprising a roof carrier on the roof of the vehicle, said roof carrier including an arm having an aperture;

a locking bar having an externally threaded upper portion and a lower portion, said locking bar being arranged to extend through the opening of the component when the latter is placed onto said roof carrier and through the aperture of said arm so that said lower portion of said locking bar is located at a level below said aperture, said locking bar being turnable between a first position in which said lower portion thereof engages with and a second position in which said lower portion thereof can be disengaged from said roof carrier;
a threaded member movable into mesh with said upper portion while said locking bar extends through the opening of the component on said roof carrier to urge the component against the roof carrier;
a tensioning member disposed between the commodity through which said locking bar extends and said threaded member, said tensioning member having a portion non-rotatably receivable in the opening of the component on said roof carrier and a portion extending into the aperture of said arm to hold said tensioning member against rotation relative to said arm;
and means for releasably locking said threaded member in a position in which said threaded member holds said lower portion of said locking bar in engagement with said roof carrier in the first position of said locking bar.

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A device for securing at least one component of a watercraft, such as a surfboard, which has an opening, and a mast in addition to or instead of the one component, on the roof of an automotive vehicle, comprising a roof carrier including an arm having an aperture;

a locking bar having an externally threaded upper portion and a lower portion having an eyelet, said locking bar being arranged to extend through the opening of the component when the latter is placed onto said roof carrier and through the aperture of said arm so that said lower portion of said locking bar is located at a level below said aperture, said locking bar being turnable between a first position in which said lower portion thereof engages with and a second position in which said lower portion thereof can be disengaged from said roof carrier;
a threaded member movable into mesh with said upper portion while said locking bar extends through the opening of the component on said roof carrier to urge the component against the roof carrier;
a tensioning member disposed between the commodity through which said locking bar extends and said threaded member, said tensioning member having a portion non-rotatably receivable in the opening of the component on said roof carrier;
and means for releasably locking said threaded member in a position in which said threaded member holds said lower portion of said locking bar in engagement with said roof carrier in the first position of said locking bar, the mast being insertable between the roof of the vehicle and said roof carrier so as to extend through said eyelet whereby the locking bar cannot be extracted from the opening of the component on said roof carrier prior to withdrawal of the mast from said eyelet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.