Patent ID: 6382483
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Roof load carrier system for motor vehicles, comprising:a roof rack with a cross member receiving loads; holders arranged on both sides of the cross member; holder feet with fixing devices arranged thereon, said holder feet being adapted to be inserted into receiving means arranged on a vehicle and fixed in position in said receiving means with the fixing device; a hand-operated element arranged on one side of the roof rack; a coupling device for coupling the hand-operated element with the fixing devices such that the fixing devices on both holder feet are actuatable via the hand-operated element said holder feet being provided with rollers which are supported on a contact surface of said receiving means and displaceable in said receiving means; a resilient element acting between said rollers and said respective holder foot and being adapted to provide support of said respective holder foot on said rollers if said fixing devices are in a non-fixing position and to allow movement of said respective holder foot towards said receiving means, and for support of said respective holder foot on said receiving means if said fixing devices are in a fixing position.