Patent · US Expired

Roof rack for vehicles

US5377890A · kind A · utility

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2References

15Claims

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Assignee

Gebr. Happich GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Brunner · Ingolstadt, DE
Klaus Kolodziej · Wuppertal, DE
Karl-Heinz Lumpe · Sprockhövel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 1994
Grant date	Jan 3, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R9/045
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roof rack for vehicles having two rails and support feet bearing the rails. Each rail is developed as a hollow profile with a longitudinal channel which is open on the top and has undercuts. On each rail there is optionally arranged a profiled cover strip which can be detachably anchored in the longitudinal channel and extends over the length of the rail, or a profiled cover strip which extends over a first part of the length of the rail and a profiled support strip which extends over the second part of the length. The profiled support strips are anchored such that they can be swung into a position of use which connects the rails transversely to each other.

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