Material or article handling – Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
Patent
1997-07-17
1999-09-14
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
224309, 224310, 224321, 224324, 2804141, 193 35A, B60P 900
Patent
active
059512318
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle-top roof rack and boat mounting system for mounting a boat atop a roof of a car, the rack and mount is provided with a plurality of roof couplers attachable on the car roof, a plurality of crossbars attachable to the roof couplers, and a boat mounting system comprising a plurality of boat mounts. Each of the boat mounts include a crossbar grip coupled to the crossbar, a mounting frame coupled to the grip, a gimbal coupled to the mounting frame, and a roller support coupled to the gimbal. The gimbal allows the roller support to pivot with two degrees of freedom about a central gimbal point to adapt the mount to variously shaped boat hulls and to the varying curvature of each boat hull. The gimbal also adapts for the angle of loading in a one-person loading/unloading operation. The gimbal also includes a biasing mechanism operating about a first axis of rotation and a stop operating about a second axis of rotation, the biasing mechanism and the stop together putting the roller support in a predetermined neutral position prior to boat loading.
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Bucci David A.
Hess Douglas
Yakima Products, Inc.
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