Patent ID: 9102274
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle rack crossbar system comprising: a crossbar having a longitudinal opening to a cavity having first and second opposing side walls connected to a floor portion, the opening having a width defined between opposing lips, the floor portion being connected to the opposing lips by the first and second opposing side walls; and a resilient infill having an upper portion connected to a base by a trunk to form a hollow interior, the upper portion pressing upward on the opposing lips, the base being seated on the floor portion, the trunk having first and second walls projecting upward from the base being separated by a distance which is less than a width of the base defined in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the crossbar; wherein a void space is disposed inside the cavity and outside the infill between the hollow interior and the base of the infill.