Patent ID: 6158638
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle roof rack for loading and unloading cargo to be transported atop a vehicle from either side of the vehicle comprising:a) a pair of elongated stationary supports mountable atop a vehicle in spaced generally parallel relationship to each other, each stationary support having an elongated slot in an upper surface thereof;b) a pair of elongated moveable cargo supports respectively mountable on said stationary supports, said cargo supports being longitudinally and pivotally moveable with respect to said stationary supports in vertical planes containing said stationary supports, said cargo supports each having an elongated slot in a lower surface thereof;c) each stationary support having a cargo support guide saddle pivotally affixed thereto proximate each end thereof, said guide saddles being sized to slideably receive and restrain an associated cargo support; andd) each stationary support and associated cargo support having a connecting link extending through each of the associated ones of said slots, said links having upper and lower retainers proximate the ends of said links, said retainers being respectively engageable with associated ones of said cargo supports and said stationary supports to prevent said links from becoming disengaged from said slots, said links and said slots having length to permit said cargo supports to slide laterally with respect to said stationary supports so that said cargo supports may be longitudinally moved through said guide saddles and pivoted in vertical planes to tip said cargo supports toward either side of a vehicle.