Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1990-12-17
1992-03-17
Cusick, Ernest G.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224309, 224314, 224317, 224318, B60R 900, B60R 9055
Patent
active
050961071
ABSTRACT:
An enclosure for luggage for use on a vehicle cartop luggage rack of the type including either front and rear rails disposed in a spaced, parallel relationship, or else an essentially rectangularly shaped frame, mounted generally horizontally on the cartop. This enclosure utilizes rapidly operated securing devices on its front and back panels when intended for use on a two rail rack, or rapidly operated securing devices on all four of its peripheral panels when intended for use with a luggage rack principally constituted by front, back and side rails. In the latter type rack, the subject enclosure for luggage is insertable into the space defined by the four rails. Flexible, watertight material having front and back surfaces as well as side surfaces is used, and an access opening is provided in an upper part of the enclosure. The securing devices utilized on the peripheral surfaces are in each instance disposed at a location approximately coinciding with the position of the respective rail of the frame, and each of these novel securing devices is in the form of a longitudinally-split, sleeve-like member, able to be readily utilized in a rail-encompassing relationship. An effective, rapidly operated closure arrangement, such as a zipper or a series of snaps, is provided on each of these sleeve-like members for enabling the user to easily complete the fastening of each of these members to the respective rail of the frame.
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Cusick Ernest G.
Kupferschmid Keith
Renfro Julian C.
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