Patent ID: 8622266

Claim:
A load carrier for attachment to a vehicle roof or other exterior vehicle structure, the load carrier comprising: a tray having a floor panel, front and rear walls, and left and right side walls; a pair of cargo posts, each cargo post comprising a base plate connectable at multiple locations on said floor panel, and a tower upending from the base plate that is a generally flat plate with a longitudinal axis and having multiple apertures through the flat plate at various distances along the longitudinal axis; said multiple locations comprising at least a first and a second location near each other, each for receiving one of said cargo posts, so that the towers are positionable near each other with a space between the towers; and a fastener extending through one of said apertures of each of the towers above said cargo to connect the towers of the pair of cargo posts for retaining the cargo between the towers; wherein the tower and the base plate of at least one of said cargo posts are pivotal relative to each other such that the tower lies flat against the floor panel.