Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure – Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member...
Patent
1995-05-02
1997-06-10
Boucher, Darnell M.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure
Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member...
224326, 411 85, B60R 900
Patent
active
056369549
ABSTRACT:
An adapter apparatus for securing the slats, or outer rail end or center supports, of a vehicle article carrier to an outer body surface of a vehicle. The adapter apparatus has a plurality of groups of openings for enabling attachment of a slat having previously formed openings to a variety of vehicles having different spacings of holes drilled therein, which would otherwise normally require additional drilling of holes in the slat or additional drilling of holes in the outer body surface to enable direct alignment of the holes in the slat with the holes in the outer body surface of the vehicle. The adapter apparatus, through its plurality of groups of openings, enables the adapter apparatus to be secured to vehicles having openings in their outer body surfaces which differ in spacing, and which otherwise would require additional drilling of holes in either the slats or the outer body surface to secure the slats thereto. A plurality of openings is further provided in the apparatus for enabling the slat to be secured to the apparatus. The apparatus is further of dimensions which enable it to be concealed within the interior area of the slat once the slat is secured to the outer body surface of the vehicle so as to not detract from the aesthetic appearance of the slat.
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Henderson Brian E.
Potter Donald R.
Boucher Darnell M.
JAC Products Inc.
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