Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1988-07-28
1989-09-19
Cusick, Ernest G.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224315, 224321, 224324, 224329, 296 377, 280727, 280814, B60R 904, B60R 912
Patent
active
048673625
ABSTRACT:
The invention contemplates, as an article of manufacture, an article-retaining adapter unit which, without requiring tooling of any kind is securely and removably attachable to an installed rack bar on an automobile roof. The adapter unit may be one of several different adapter units, each of which is dedicated to a different specific purpose, for example, one adapter unit for carrying skis, and another for carrying a sailboard. In each case, the adapter unit comprises an elongate base bar, equipped with hook structure at one end for skewed inserting engagement to an existing rack bar, the skew being such that once the inserting engagement has been made, the elongate base bar can be manipulated to non-removable retention when brought into close parallel relation with the existing rack bar. And when thus oriented parallel to the existing rack bar, clamp structure at the other end of the base bar is firmly securable to the rack bar, to complete the mounting. Hingedly articulating structure carried by the base bar is selectively openable and lockable (1) to retain the article or articles to be carried and (2) to conceal any access to adjustable structure when in locked condition.
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Finnegan Robert J.
Prescott Keith L.
Cusick Ernest G.
The Shelburne Corporation
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