Patent ID: 8875962

Claim:
A dual sided opening roof mount cargo box for a carrying vehicle comprising: a dual sided opening roof mount cargo box having a lid portion releasably hinge-connected at two lateral sides to a bottom portion of the cargo box for alternate pivotation at each of the two lateral sides between open and closed configurations, the bottom portion being adapted to be mounted to a carrying vehicle; a pair of spring-biased struts, each operatively interposed between the lid portion and the bottom portion of the cargo box, and one each of the pair of spring-biased struts being located at two opposite end regions of the cargo box; and each of the pair of spring-biased struts comprising two arms operatively interconnected for pivotation relative to one another through a delimited range of motion, the two arms having a compressed biasing spring operatively interposed therebetween, the biasing spring configured to operatively influence the two arms during transition between first and second strut orientations that respectively correspond to closed and open configurations of the cargo box, wherein the compressed biasing springs and arms of the pair of struts are configured to exclusively deliver an assisting force that urges the cargo box into the open configuration.