Patent ID: 9688211
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A roof bar for a motor vehicle, comprising: a support structure for a roof bar element, said support structure comprising a first U-shaped profile element, having two opposing legs connected by a connecting element extending parallel to a roof of the motor vehicle, each of the two opposing legs of the first profile element having a support base, a second U-shaped profile element having two further opposing legs connected by a further connecting element extending parallel to the roof of the motor vehicle, each of the further two opposing legs of the second profile element having a further support base, said second profile element being arranged within the first profile element so that the connecting element and the further connecting element abut one another, said first and second profile elements being connected to each other at the connecting element and the further connecting element; a fastening claw having a first and a second end, said first end engaging on a side wall rail of a body of the motor vehicle and being pivotally connected to a clamping lever, said fastening claw being guided in a region of the second end in a first guide provided in the further opposing legs of the second U-shaped profile element; and a leaf spring, having an end engaging with the clamping lever in a region of a free end of the clamping lever, and having another end supported on the support structure, wherein a movement of the clamping lever towards the fastening claw results in a spring force of the leaf spring, said spring force clamping the fastening claw to the side wall rail.