Patent ID: 8561864

Claim:
A vehicle rack comprising: an elongated body formed primarily from a flexible polymeric material including, a length of the elongated body dimensioned to laterally span a substantial portion of an exterior surface of a vehicle, a magnetic base element, a proximal end and a distal end; the magnetic base element having a generally planar bottom surface, the magnetic base element including one or more permanent magnets coupled in planar alignment with the bottom surface thereof, the one or more permanent magnets having sufficient magnetic attractive force to maintain the vehicle rack and an elongated payload anchored thereto magnetically coupled to the non-planar vehicle surface under both static and dynamic load conditions; an upper support element aligned generally in parallel with the magnetic base element and dimensioned to receive the elongated payload thereupon intermediate the proximal and distal ends; and an aperture spanning a long dimension of the elongated body intermediate the upper support element and the magnetic base element, the aperture dimensioned to receive therethrough an incurvate spine in an axial rotational relationship within the elongated body such that a curvature of the incurvate spine is in conformational alignment with the exterior surface of the vehicle; the incurvate spine formed from a rigid material and longitudinally dimensioned to extend through the aperture beyond the length of the elongated body.