Patent ID: 9623795
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B60R,F16B,G09F

Claim:
1. A vehicle-roof mounting-base comprising, a rigid base; a rigid case; at least one manifold; a plurality of gas impermeable suction cups, attached to the at least one manifolds through a ball assembly; at least one vacuum pump; at least one vacuum sensor, including associated circuitry; at least one vacuum nozzle; and a means for powering the at least one vacuum pumps; wherein, when the vehicle-roof mounting-base is placed on a roof of a vehicle, each of the plurality of suction cups makes a gas impermeable seal around an enclosed volume, defined by an inner surface of the suction cup and the roof; the at least one vacuum pump can partially evacuate, through the at least one vacuum nozzle and the at least one manifold, the enclosed volume of each of the plurality of suction cups, thus creating sufficient retention force to adhere the vehicle-roof mounting-base to the vehicle roof.