Roof rail for motor vehicles

Details Roof rail for motor vehicles Roof rail for motor vehicles

1994-06-15

1996-03-12

Recla, Henry J.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid

224309, B60R 904

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054979250

ABSTRACT:
A roof rack for a vehicle having two parallel rail tubes. Each rail tube is a hollow tube supported at its end regions by respective support feet fastenable to the roof surface. Each support foot includes a metal adapter with a plate on the vehicle roof and an upstanding adapter support to be fastened to the rail tube. A threaded plate is disposed in the tube at each adapter support for the adapter so that a fastening bolt can extend through the adapter, through a hole in the tube and into the fastening plate in the tube for securing the tube to the adapter. An additional resilient washer at the plate of the adapter at the roof of the vehicle. A third foot between the end regions of the rail tube may also be provided.

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