Patent ID: 7134711
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle roof support, comprising: an elongated base member having a roughly T-shaped cross-sectional shape with an upright member corresponding to the upright of the T and a cross member corresponding to the upper cross bar of the T; a chord having a roughly T-shaped cross-sectional shape with an upright member corresponding to the upright of the T and a cross member corresponding to the upper cross bar of the T, the chord being disposed in a common plane with respect to the elongated base member and spaced from the elongated base member along a portion of the length of the elongated base member; a support element disposed between the elongated base member and the chord joining the elongated base member to the chord; the elongated base member further comprising an elongated pocket nestled to one side of the upright member at a juncture between the upright member and cross member; and the chord having a contoured profile allowing a side of the cross member to fit against an underside of a vehicle roof.