Patent ID: 6290113
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A ladder rack lockdown for securing a ladder to a roof rack of a vehicle, the roof rack having a pair of longitudinally-spaced transversely-extending, parallel crossbars, each of the crossbars having a pair of vertically extending plates attached to and longitudinally-spaced along the crossbar, said ladder rack lockdown comprising, four locking members, each of the locking member comprising a T-shaped T-bar, a hinge attached to one end of the T-bar, and a pair of fork arms attached to an opposite end of and extending perpendicularly to the T-bar, said fork arms having holes at a free end thereof, each of said locking members being attached to each one of the vertically extending plates by said hinge, wherein, when a ladder is placed on the crossbars of the roof rack, a rung of the ladder adjacent each of the crossbars is surrounded by one of the corresponding locking members, the fork arms of the locking member extend on opposite sides of the rung and the cross-bar with the holes of the fork arms extending below the crossbar, the ladder being secured to the crossbar by inserting the shackle of a pad lock through the holes of the fork arms.