The present invention relates to a load carrier foot (1) for mounting at least a part of a load carrier to a first surface (2) of a vehicle. The load carrier foot (1) comprising a support member (3), arranged to abut the first surface (2), a gripping member (5) having a first part (16) ar-ranged to abut the vehicle at a distance from the support member (3), an in-termediate member (9) between the support member (3) and a second part (17) of the gripping member (5), and an adjustment member (7) acting on the intermediate member (9) to adjust a clamping force between the sup-port member (3) and the first part (16) of the gripping member (5). The in-termediate member (9) cooperates with the second part (17) of the gripping member (5) at a first working point (10) and the intermediate member co-operates with the support member (3) at a second working point (11) locat-ed at a distance (D) from the first working point (10). The distance (D) be-tween the first and the second working points (10, 11) can be changed by moving at least a part of the intermediate member (9) via the adjustment member (7), to thereby vary the clamping force between the first part (16) of the gripping member (5) and the support member (3). The present inven-tion provides for a space saving arrangement and an arrangement which has improved safety aspects.
LOAD CARRIER FOOT
PIED DE PORTE-CHARGE
2016-10-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |