Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1993-10-12
1995-05-23
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224315, B60R 9042
Patent
active
054173582
ABSTRACT:
A pull down roof rack comprising a pair of parallel fixed rails secured to the roof of a vehicle, the fixed rails including a front fixed rail and a rear fixed rail, the rails adapted to extend from side to side of the vehicle each with a slot in its upper surface with rollers rotatable therein, and with their upper surfaces extending above the upper surfaces of the rail, each rail having lateral projections constituting bearing surfaces; two pair of movable rails slidable supported in pairs on the fixed rails and movable in pairs between a storage position where the movable rails are totally overlying the fixed rails and a loading position wherein the movable rails are slid outwardly from the center of the fixed rails, each movable rail having an upper surface, downwardly extending side surfaces and inwardly extending bearing surfaces located above and below the lateral projections of the fixed rails; and one pair of cross rails coupling each pair of movable rails, each pair of cross rails including a laterally exterior cross rail and a laterally interior cross rail.
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Recla Henry J.
Vidovich Gregory
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