Patent ID: 6568748
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An improved apparatus for fixing a roof rack to a vehicle roof comprising a roof panel in which roof molding engagement portions are longitudinally formed to be depressed along both sides of the vehicle roof, and roof moldings inserted into and engaged with the roof molding engagement portions of the roof panel, wherein the improvement comprises:engagement openings formed to pass through the roof moldings; and movable covers placed in the interiors of the roof moldings to allow the engagement openings to be resiliently opened and closed, wherein each movable cover includes an upper cover part which is bent in a multistage form so that a portion of a top surface thereof protrudes upwardly to be inserted into the engagement opening, and is provided with at least one cylindrical upper receiving end formed on a bottom surface thereof for receiving an elastic member, a lower cover part provided with at least one cylindrical lower receiving end formed on a top surface thereof for receiving the elastic member, and the elastic member with both ends thereof inserted into the cylindrical upper and lower receiving ends, respectively.