Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-25
2003-09-23
Garbe, Stephen P. (Department: 3722)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
C224S322000, C224S325000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06622898
ABSTRACT:
The present utility model relates to a transverse bar that has two clamp devices which are movably mounted on the transverse bar so as to be used on rails having different distances.
A conventional top rack assembly for vehicles is shown in FIG.
8
and generally includes two rails
41
(only one is shown) on two sides of a vehicle top
40
and two transverse bars
50
(only one is shown) are connected between the two rails
41
. Luggage can be put and secured on the transverse bars
50
. Two clamp devices
51
(only one is shown) are connected on two ends of each of the transverse bars
50
and each of which includes a toothed belt
54
which goes around the rail
41
and is inserted in an engaging member
53
. A lever
52
is reciprocatingly operated to pull and fasten the toothed belt
54
to the rail
41
. A cap
55
is used to cover the clamp device
51
. The distance between the rails
41
is fixed so that the conventional clamp devices
51
are fixed to the transverse bars
50
. A new pair of transverse bars
50
should be purchased if the distance between the rails
41
on different vehicles is changed.
The present utility model relates to a top rack assembly which comprises two rails connected on a top of a vehicle and two transverse bars each having two clamp devices movably connected to two ends thereof. Each of the clamp devices has a casing which has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. A passage is defined through a conjunction of the horizontal portion and the vertical portion so that one of the two ends of each of the transverse bars movably extends through the passage. A first part has a horizontal plate pivotally connected to the casing, and a vertical plate. A second part is pivotally connected to the horizontal plate with a torsion spring biased therebetween and a bolt extends through the vertical portion and contacts the second part. The rail is clamped by the first part and the second part.
The primary object of the present utility model is to provide a clamp device on each one of two ends of the transverse bar wherein the clamp devices can be movable on the transverse bar so as to be engaged with the rails with different distances therebetween.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4496089 (1985-01-01), Eklund
patent: 5556221 (1996-09-01), Brunner
patent: 5730343 (1998-03-01), Settelmayer
patent: 5769292 (1998-06-01), Cucheran et al.
patent: 5845828 (1998-12-01), Settelmayer
Garbe Stephen P.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
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