Patent ID: 7434713

Claim:
A load carrier foot for mounting a load carrier bar on the roof of a vehicle, said load carrier foot comprising: a foot part having a base part and a housing part, the foot part having an upper end for attachment to the load carrier bar, and the foot part having a lower end for mounting on a roof edge area on the vehicle, the foot part having a clamping plate for securing the foot part to the roof of the vehicle, the clamping plate having integral gripping portion for gripping a body fold located under a body edge area of the vehicle, the clamping plate being in pivotable engagement with the foot part by means of a pivot pin and in tightenable engagement with the foot part by means of a tightening arrangement, the foot part and the clamping plate each having contact faces which are located under the pivot pin when the load carrier foot is secured to the vehicle roof which faces interact in a locking manner to prevent the clamping plate from turning about the pivot pin and causing the gripping portion to lose its grip on the body fold when the clamping plate is tightened against the foot part, wherein the pivot pin is pivotably connected to the foot part, the clamping plate and the foot part each have contact faces which are located above the pivot pin and which interact in a locking manner, and which further prevent the clamping plate gripping portion from losing its grip on the body fold when the clamping plate is tightened by the tightening arrangement, wherein the tightening means includes a screw threaded into a tapped hole in the pivot pin.