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

Claim 9:
10. A universal roof rack assembly for a vehicle, the universal roof rack assembly comprising:
a roof rack body;
a plurality of attachment assemblies, each of the plurality of attachment assemblies attached to the roof rack body or a brace supporting the roof rack body, each of the plurality of attachment assemblies comprising:
a gutter insert configured to extend within a rain gutter of the vehicle, wherein the gutter insert comprises an inner connecting surface and an outer connecting surface separated by an open space; and
a clamp coupled to the outer connecting surface of the gutter insert, the clamp configured to at least partially extend into and at least partially wrap around a frame of the vehicle;

wherein each of the gutter insert and the clamp comprise either at least one opening or a plurality of openings, each of the at least one opening or plurality of openings being sized and spaced 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 height in the first position and a second height different than the first height in the second position.