Patent ID: 8640934

Claim:
A roof rack having stowable non-adjustable cross-bars, comprising: a plurality of mounts attached to a vehicle in an arrangement to provide a singular stowed position and a singular deployed position; an attachment opening formed in each of said plurality of mounts; a plurality of detachable cross-bars which are connectable to said plurality of mounts between said singular stowed position and said singular deployed position, wherein said plurality of detachable cross-bars must be completely detached from said plurality of mounts to move said plurality of detachable cross-bars between said singular stowed position and said singular deployed position, said plurality of detachable cross-bars further comprising a stanchion portion attached at each end of said plurality of detachable cross bar cross-bars; an external side wall formed as part of each of said plurality of mounts located in proximity to said attachment opening; and a lateral side wall formed as part of each of said plurality of mounts located in proximity to said attachment opening and perpendicular to said external side wall to form an L-shape such that said stanchion portion will be directly adjacent to said external side wall and said lateral side wall when said plurality of detachable cross-bars are in said stowed position and in said deployed position; wherein there is one location to attach said plurality of detachable cross-bars in said attachment opening of said plurality of mounts when in said singular stowed position and said singular deployed position; wherein each of said plurality of mounts further comprises: a frame portion; a body portion substantially surrounding said frame portion; and an aperture formed as part of said frame portion, said aperture being exposed in said attachment opening such that at least one fastener extends through at least one aperture formed as part of said stanchion portion and into said aperture to provide the attachment point for said plurality of detachable cross-bars in both said singular stowed position and said singular deployed position.