Patent ID: 11872960
Assignee: LUND MOTION PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A universal roof rack assembly for a vehicle, the universal roof rack assembly comprising:
a roof rack body comprising at least one lateral bar extending along a width of the roof rack body;
a plurality of attachment assemblies comprising:
a connecting mount coupled to an end of the at least one lateral bar; and
a gutter insert coupled to a bottom surface of the connecting mount and configured to extend within a rain gutter of the vehicle, wherein the gutter insert comprises an inner connecting surface, an outer connecting surface and an upward facing surface, wherein the inner connecting surface and the outer connecting surface are separated by an open space;

wherein at least one of the connecting mount and the gutter insert comprise either at least one opening or a plurality of openings and another of the connecting mount and the gutter insert comprises at least one opening, wherein the at least one opening or plurality of openings of the at least one of the connecting mount and the gutter insert are sized and spaced to cooperate with at least one opening of the another of the connecting mount and the gutter insert to permit each of the plurality of attachment assemblies to be selectably secured to the roof rack body in a first position and a second position, wherein the roof rack assembly has a first width in the first position and a second width different than the first width in the second position.