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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Applicant:
The Eastern Company, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Inventor:
Michael O. Misner, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Eastern Company, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/048 (2006.01); B60R 9/058 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/048 (2013.01); B60R 9/058 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a lockable rooftop carrier clamp having a housing with a bore for accepting a frusto-conically shaped locking post. At least one, and preferably a pair of bolts are biased inwardly into the bore to capture the locking post. The bolts can be moved transversely outwardly by a cam on the outside wall of a hollow rotor located in the bore for pivotal rotation about an axis defined by the bore. The pivoting of the rotor is only allowed by the proper orientation of a tumbler core in a tumbler lock, which then allows either rotation of a release lever or retraction of a locking pin.