Roof rack for motor vehicles
AssigneeHappich Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
InventorFritz Fisch
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Abstract
A roof rack for a motor vehicle including two roof strips which extend longitudinally along the roof, are parallel to each other and are spaced apart. A respective support strip on each roof strip is swingable from a position in a recess on the roof strip to a position across to the other roof strip. Each support strip is swingable about a mount at a respective vertical axis. The mount includes a set screw settable to determine the amount to which the support strip may be upraised from the vehicle roof and a spring which urges the support strip upward, establishing thereby the upper and lower positions of the support strip with respect to the vehicle roof. The support strip may be locked in the lowered or upraised vertical positions.
Claims13
A roof rack for the roof of a vehicle comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced apart, generally parallel roof strips extending longitudinally along the roof of the vehicle;
- rails, each rail having a respective support strip thereon included as part of the roof strip, the support strip being supported to the respective roof strip at a vertical axis which enables the support strip to be rotated around the vertical axis for bringing an end of the support strip to and away from the other of the roof strips;
- means for selectively locking the support strip in the position along the respective roof strip or rotated to contact the other roof strip;
- means at the vertical axis for enabling the support strip to be vertically displaceable along the vertical axis with reference to the roof strip, including means for locking the support strip selectively in a lowered vertical position and an upraised vertical position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.