Patent ID: 8534517

Claim:
A roof railing for a motor vehicle comprising: at least one rack bar monolithically formed to include two curved end regions forming support feet for engaging a roof of the motor vehicle; and at least one rigid support element associated with the rack bar for bridging a distance between the rack bar and the vehicle roof in a zone between the two end regions; wherein the at least one rack bar and the at least one support element are provided as separate components; wherein the support element has two support steps that are triangular in cross section and the rack bar has two counter-support steps for receiving the support steps and for absorption of a lateral force, the support steps and the counter-support steps contacting one another, each support step provided in the form of a longitudinal projection protruding toward the rack bar, both longitudinal projections extend over an entire longitudinal extension of the support element running in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the rack bar and run in parallel at a distance from one another the counter-support steps provided on an underside of the rack bar in the form of parallel longitudinal grooves in which the longitudinal projections engage in a shape-adapted manner.