Patent ID: 9718410
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An assembly for releasably connecting a roof bar to a roof of a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a body adapted to be affixed to the roof bar; a base adapted to be affixed to the roof and having a receiving portion for receiving at least a portion of the body; a locking pin slidably engaged with one of the body and the base, and slidable along an axis between a locked position, where the locking pin engages the body and the base, and an unlocked position, where the locking pin engages either one of the body and the base and; and wherein the locking pin is slidably engaged with the body and the actuator is affixed to the locking pin, and wherein moving the actuator along the axis retracts the locking pin into the body, thereby disengaging the body from the base; and an actuator movable along the axis to slide the locking pin between the locked position and the unlocked position, thereby selectively engaging the body with the base, and wherein the actuator is an arm extending from the locking pin.