Patent ID: 7328824

Claim:
A tower assembly configured to cooperate with a clip for securement to a top of a vehicle, comprising: a tower body configured to support a crossbar atop the vehicle; a clip receiver connected to the tower body, the clip receiver having one or more slots for receiving the clip, wherein the clip and clip receiver have apertures for receiving a lock insert member, so that when the lock insert member extends through the apertures the clip is prevented from disengaging the clip receiver; and a fastener being preassembled with the clip receiver and moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position and being mounted in tracks provided on the clip receiver so the fastener can be selectively slid from the disengaged position to the engaged position, wherein the fastener in the engaged position prevents the lock insert member from being removed from the clip and clip receiver, and wherein the lock insert member has a pair of slots on opposing lateral sides, the fastener having arms that fit in the slots of the lock insert member when the fastener is in the engaged position.