Supporting structure for a roof rack
AssigneeHagus C. Luchtenberg GmbH & Co. KG
InventorCurt Luchtenberg
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Abstract
A supporting structure for a roof rack of a vehicle. The structure includes two rails. Each rail has a rod supported for being transversely pivotable at supports arranged at the ends thereof and connected with a roof holding device. Bases are pivotably and nondetachably connected to the ends of the rods. The bases are detachably fastenable to the roof holding device. The transverse supports may have any mutual distance for being adaptable to different roofs and/or roof load dimensions.
Claims5
A vehicular roof rack supporting structure for a vehicular roof wherein said roof defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the vehicular roof rack supporting structure comprising:
- a plurality of roof-holding devices adapted to be positioned on said roof,
- a plurality of bases, at least one of the plurality of bases being detachably fastened to at least one of the plurality of roof holding devices, and
- at least two rods, each of the at least two rods defining opposite ends, each end of each rod having a pivotable and nondetachable connection to one of the plurality of bases respectively, the pivotable and nondetachable connection enabling each of the at least two rods to be supported on said basis for pivotable motion between a first orientation wherein the rod is substantially aligned in the longitudinal direction of the vehicular roof and a second orientation wherein the rod is substantially aligned in the transverse direction of the vehicular roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.