Patent ID: 9566913
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. Roof rack for motor vehicles comprising a cross member and leg members arranged on both sides of said cross member, each leg member comprising a support unit, which is adapted to rest on a respective carrier bar unit of a body of said motor vehicle and comprising a retaining unit adapted to be connected to a mounting section of said carder bar unit, said retaining unit being moveable between a release position and a retaining position, said support unit is adapted to be supported on said respective carrier bar unit and said support unit comprises a foot element with which said foot element is sitting on an upper area of the respective carder bar unit said foot element being provided with a first form locking element designed to cooperate with a second form locking element on said respective carrier bar unit upon movement in a locking direction extending essentially parallel to said cross member in order to provide a form locking fixation of said support unit with respect to said respective carrier bar unit against movement in directions transverse to said cross member,said retaining unit having a retaining: surface which in a retaining position is acting with a clamping force on a mounting surface of the respective carrier bar in order to press the foot element on the upper area of the respective carrier bar, wherein said respective leg member comprises an actuating unit adapted to move said retaining unit in a direction between a release position and a retaining position, that said actuating unit is provided with a cam element acting on a cam follower element and that one of said cam element and said cam follower is connected to said support unit and the other is connected to said retaining unit, and wherein said locking device is maintained in its activated position in case said actuating unit is in said retaining position.