Vehicle luggage carrier with flush tiedown endcap

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1987-10-26

1989-05-02

Recla, Henry J.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid

224321, B60R 900

Patent

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048260614

ABSTRACT:
Several parallel slats are fixed to a vehicle deck. Flanges along both sides of each slat serve as a track for a sliding bracket. The sliding bracket has an internal clamp for securing it along its slat. The sliding bracket has either (1) a ring for attachment of a tiedown strap to the slat, plus a threaded hole for attachment of a temporary crossbar, or (2) a tilt-up stop to restrain luggage from sliding along the slats. On at least one end of each slat is a separate member, fixed to the vehicle and the slat, that also has a loop for attachment of a tiedown strap. This separate tiedown member matches the slat height and cross-section (taking into account not only the flanged track but also a trim strip in a top groove of the slat, and a formed gasket below the slat); consequently the sliding bracket can be moved on or off the end of the slat, unimpeded by the separate tiedown member. Each slat is roll-formed from sheet metal, forming an interior volume that is enclosed except at the ends of the slat; the separate tiedown member has a tongue that fits into this volume, and the tiedown member itself serves as an end cap that closes off the interior volume of the slat. The carrier also has a permanent luggage-restraining crossbar at one end of the outboard two slats.

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