Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1986-05-12
1988-01-19
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224917, B60R 904
Patent
active
047200316
ABSTRACT:
A ski rack member made to fit on a car top spanning member is disclosed. The car top spanning member is preferably a slotted bar with a female slot therein. The ski rack member has disposed on the bottom portion thereof a complementary and captured male protuberance for fitting within the female slot of the car top spanning member. The disclosed rack member preferably spans half the width of the car top and encloses three pairs of skis. Each ski rack member pivots in a clam shell disposition with upper and lower confronted members. The confronted members together form a hinge on one side, a lock mechanism on the other side and slots for the skis and poles defined at the confronted surfaces of the upper and lower members. Slots for a plurality--and preferably three--skis and poles are defined with a portion of each slot being defined by the upper rack member and the remaining portion be defined by the lower rack member. The slots for receiving the skis are canted, preferably at thirty-seven degrees (37.degree.) from the horizontal. Skis confronted at their skiing surfaces are disposed in an upwardly and downwardly canted angular relationship of minimum vertical profile and greater side-by-side density. Each ski holding slot includes a cantilevered leaf spring to prevent ski vibration.
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Petrik Robert M.
Recla Henry J.
Sherpa, Inc.
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