The invention provides a crossbar bracket and a crossbar assembly for a roof rack. The crossbar bracket comprises a crossbar housing, for receiving and engaging one end of a crossbar, and rail engaging means for coupling the bracket to a fixed rail located on the roof of a vehicle. The rail engaging means includes a pair of jaws and is adapted to urge at least one of the jaws towards the other so as to grip a roof rail. The crossbar assembly includes a crossbar having first and second ends, and first and second brackets. The crossbar housing of the first bracket is configured to engage the first end of the crossbar and the crossbar housing of the second bracket is configured to engage the second end of the crossbar. The rail engaging means of each bracket is configured to engage with a corresponding roof rail, so that the crossbar is able to be attached to a pair of opposing roof rails by the bracket(s) of the invention even where the opposing roof rails are not quite parallel.


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    Title :

    A BRACKET AND A CROSSBAR ASSEMBLY FOR A ROOF RACK


    Additional title:

    SUPPORT ET ENSEMBLE BARRE TRANSVERSALE POUR UNE GALERIE DE TOIT


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2016-04-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR



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