Patent ID: 8636109

Claim:
An adjustable roof rack consisting of: (a) a roof base bracket; (b) a lock down point; (c) a stable upright; and (d) a platform support; (e) the roof base bracket being adapted to sit on a surface of a roof, the roof base bracket consisting of two opposed spaced apart walls of aluminum forming a space therebetween, a channel, and a plurality of transverse spaced apart adjustment points, wherein the space between the two walls defines the channel, and wherein each of the transverse adjustment points respectively consist of aluminum pins welded to the two walls; (f) the lock down point consisting of a steel plate welded to the roof base bracket, the steel plate consisting of three key hole shaped holes to enable the lock down point to be securely mounted onto the roof by nails; (g) the stable upright consisting of a beam of aluminum having a straight recessed first terminus and a U-shaped second terminus; (h) the platform support consisting of a beam of aluminum rotatably attached at one end by a steel roll pin to the U-shaped second terminus of the stable upright and rotatably attached at another end by a steel roll pin to the roof base bracket; (i) wherein, when the adjustable roof rack is in use on a roof, the straight recessed first terminus of the stable upright will extend into the channel and abut up against one of the plurality of adjustment points on the roof base bracket depending on a pitch of the roof and wherein, when the adjustable roof rack is in use on a roof, the walls of the roof base bracket bear weight from the platform support and the stable upright; (j) wherein the roof base bracket is 47.5 inches long, the stable upright is 24 inches long and the platform support is 24 inches long.