Tower assembly for mounting a crossbar to a vehicle roof rack

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1997-06-17

1998-12-08

Luebke, Renee S.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid

224331, B60R 904

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058458280

ABSTRACT:
A tower assembly for detachably mounting a crossbar to the rail of a vehicle roof-mounted rack. The tower assembly includes a body having a selectively operable clamping mechanism housed in the tower body and includes a wedge-shaped portion adapted to be disposed generally between the rail and the crossbar when the rail and the crossbar are received in the tower body. The clamping mechanism urges the bar and the rail away from each other and against the tower body to thereby secure the bar and the rail to the tower simultaneously.

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Instruction sheet for Thule Car Rack Systems, titled: 415 Load Carriers Instructions. (no date).

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