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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Jack V. Henderson, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jack V. Henderson, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Decoma International Inc., Concord, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 905 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle roof panel includes a roof portion and roof rack portion with an integrally embossed portion defined by longitudinally extending spaced apart side portions. A side rail is attached to each of the side portions. A cross member has connectors for selectively and slidably interconnecting to the side rail thereby retaining the cross member elevated above the planar surface of the roof panel.