Patent ID: 8245893
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An assembly for loading cargo on top of a vehicle comprising a pair of crossbars, each crossbar having a pair of tower devices for mounting the crossbar across a roof of a vehicle in a direction perpendicular to the travel direction of the vehicle, first and second load bars oriented perpendicular to the crossbars, each load bar having a front end portion and a rear end portion, a cargo-carrying region being defined by the space between the first and second load bars, the cargo-carrying region having a width dimension perpendicular to the load bars, a pair of saddles mounted on a line perpendicular to the load bars in the cargo-carrying region, the saddles being configured for cradling opposite sides of a boat hull, and a roller assembly connecting the rear end portions of the load bars, the roller assembly being a hoop, and having a contact surface that is capable of rotating around an axis perpendicular to the load bars such that the entire hoop pivots, and that spans the majority of the width dimension of the cargo-carrying region.