Patent ID: 6264082
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A roof-rack arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:at least one load-bearing bar extending across the roof,a pair of feet, one arranged at each end of the bar, for fastening the load bearing bar on top of the roof of the vehicle, which feet each have their own support portion for clamping to the respective side portion of the roof,arranged on each foot, a threaded bolt connection which extends through a bolt hole in the support portions, which is fixed to the roof in an anchoring member and which is arranged so as to make possible, by manual tightening of the bolt connection, secure clamping of the support portion between flange portion of the bolt connection, which flange portion is located on top of the support portion, and the anchoring member, andan expander mechanism arranged between the flange portion and the support portion, the expander mechanism including an essentially annular expander element with an opening for the bolt connection, which element is arranged coaxially with the bolt connection and the lower surface of which, that facing the support portion, is designed rotationally unsymmetrically in relation to the axis of the bolt connection and arranged so as to interact with a corresponding, rotationally unsymmetrical surface on the support portion in such a manner that the expander mechanism and the support portion, when relative rotation takes place between the two in one direction or the other, move further from or, respectively, closer to one another.