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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard J. Kmita, Allen Park, MI (US);
Milton J. Antonick, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Brett J. Borella, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
JAC Products, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 ;
Abstract
A vehicle article carrier system having an elongated siderail which can be configured in a first configuration as a slat of the system or in a second configuration as a siderail of the system. The elongated support rail requires no modification before same can be used in either a slat-based or a siderail-based vehicle article carrier system. Either configuration can be used to support one or more cross bars and conventional bracket assemblies directly on the support rails.