Adjustable clamp for use with a vehicle article carrier

Details Adjustable clamp for use with a vehicle article carrier Adjustable clamp for use with a vehicle article carrier

1997-03-31

1998-06-23

Sholl, Linda J.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid

224319, 224321, 224924, 24569, 24525, B60R 910, B60R 9048

Patent

active

057692920

ABSTRACT:
A clamp apparatus for securing an independent article securing implement to a support bar of an existing vehicle article carrier without requiring any disassembly of the support bar from the vehicle article carrier. The clamp apparatus includes a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion includes a channel portion and a hook portion and the second body portion includes a base portion slidably engageable within the channel portion, and a hook portion. The first and second body portions are clamped over a support bar through the use of an elongated threaded fastener and fastening nut, which provides a significant degree of adjustability to accommodate support bars having varying cross-sectional widths. A pair of elongated, slot-like openings are formed in the first body portion and a pair of openings are also formed in the second body portion. Threaded nuts are associated with the openings formed in the second body portion such that once the apparatus is secured to a support bar, a pair of conventional fastening elements associated with the article securing implement can be secured to the clamp apparatus quickly and easily. The apparatus thus forms a means by which a variety of article securing implements can be quickly and easily attached to and removed from a support bar of an existing vehicle article carrier without requiring disassembly or any component of the existing vehicle article carrier.

REFERENCES:
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patent: 2776495 (1957-01-01), Dickey
patent: 3601295 (1971-08-01), Lowe
patent: 4736878 (1988-04-01), Rasor
patent: 5114060 (1992-05-01), Boyer
patent: 5456396 (1995-10-01), Allen

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