Carrying rack

A pair of racks adapted to be spaced longitudinally on a motor vehicle to carry a pair of skis, each of said racks comprising:

• an elongate anchor cord extendable transversely across the vehicle, said anchor cord having a hook member fixed to each end thereof for engagement with the vehicle;
• at least one bolster slidably movable on said anchor cord, said bolster including:
• a generally flat, vehicle engaging base;
• a carrying platform surface spaced above said base and said anchor cord for supporting a pair of skis disposed on edge and in side-by-side relationship to each other;
• an abutment wall extending upwardly from one end of said platform surface to transversely support said skis;
• and,
• elastic clamping line means having a first end extending beneath said platform surface and around said anchor cord and a second end engageable with said hook means such that the intermediate portion of said clamping line extends over the skis positioned on said platform surface to elastically clamp the skis to said bolster while gripping said anchor cord to prevent relative sliding movement between said bolster and said anchor cord.

A pair of carrying racks adapted to be spaced longitudinally on a motor vehicle, each of said racks comprising:

• an elongate elastic anchor cord extendable transversely across the vehicle, said cord having anchor members fixed to each end thereof for engagement with the vehicle;
• a pair of oppositely facing bolsters slidably movable on said anchor cord, each of said bolsters including:
• a vehicle engaging base;
• a carrying platform spaced above said base and above said anchor cord;
• an abutment wall extending upwardly from the end of said platform base distal from said other bolster;
• hook means disposed on the side of said abutment wall opposite said platform base;
• and
• elastic clamping line means having a first end extending beneath said platform surface and engaging said anchor cord and a second end engageable with the hook means of opposite bolster such that the intermediate portion of said clamping line means extends over a carried article positioned on the platform surfaces of said bolsters to elastically clamp said carried article to said bolsters in a manner such that the first end of said elastic clamping lines grip said anchor cord to prevent relative sliding movement between the bolsters and said anchor cord when an article is being carried.