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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Louis Marcel Brutsaert, Menen, BE;
Assignee:
Omnistor Accessories nv, , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A device for attaching a collapsible canopy having fittings to an exterior surface of a vehicle includes two elongated parallel rails mounted on the exterior surface in spaced apart parallel relation, two carriages each slidably mounted along a longitudinal axis on a respective rail, two clips each mounted on a respective carriage and arranged to cooperate with the canopy fittings and two adjustment elements each mounted along a respective rail and cooperating with respective clips and carriages. Each of the adjustment elements has an upper portion that defines a stair-shaped profile arranged to cooperate with the canopy fittings.