Patent ID: 7926686

Claim:
A vehicle roof storage rack comprising: first and second side bars for running lengthwise along the vehicle roof, each side bar including a forward end and a rearward end and a top surface, wherein a plurality of slots and an aperture are defined by the top surface at both the first end and the second end of each side bar; first and second rotatable cross bars, each cross bar including a forward end and a rearward end and a bottom surface, wherein a plurality of ribs protrude from the bottom surface at both the forward end and the rearward end of each cross bar; a pivot pin placed at each end of the first and second cross bars for selectively securing an end of a cross bar to an end of a side bar; whereby to move the first and second cross bars from a storage position to a use position the pivot pin on the forward or rearward end of the first cross bar is moved from a first locking position to an unlocked position and the pivot pin on the alternate end of the second cross bar is moved from a first locking position to a restraining position wherein the ribs can be moved out of the slots and the cross bars are rotated into a use position where the ribs rest on the top surface of the side bars and where the pivot pin that were moved to an unlocked position are placed into the opposite side bar from which the pivot pin was removed and moved into a restraining position.