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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996
Kenneth F Weger, Jr, Cary, IL (US);
Freddie C Webb, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Gerald A Draffkorn, Jr, Woodstock, IL (US);
Knaack Manufacturing Company, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A rack assembly for securing cargo on a roof of a vehicle. The rack has a pair of mounting bracket assemblies for attaching securely to the roof of a vehicle, a cross member with a plurality of apertures located at predetermined positions between its transverse axis and each of its ends so as to provide pairs of attachment points (each pair defining a unique spacing distance correlating to a different vehicle roof width) and a pair of support assemblies for adjustably coupling between respective mounting bracket assemblies and the cross member to support the cross member above the roof of the vehicle. In order to assure secure and watertight attachment to the roof of a vehicle, each mounting bracket assembly includes a rubber gasket having a substantially flat bottom surface and a concave top surface, a clamp bar having a substantially flat top surface and a convex bottom surface, and a bracket of substantially J-shaped cross-section which is slidably secured between the concave top surface of the gasket and the convex bottom surface of the clamp bar.