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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Serge Moreau, Newmarket, CA;
Robert Virtu, Markham, CA;
Inventors:
Serge Moreau, Newmarket, CA;
Robert Virtu, Markham, CA;
Assignee:
Salflex Polymers Ltd., Weston, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A load carrying basket for attachment to a vehicle roof is movable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The stowed position facilitates entry of the vehicle into garages, parking lots and the like, having limited overhead clearance. The load carrier includes a plurality of pivotally mounted support members which are pivotally attached to an upper frame and a lower frame. At least one of the support members is a clamping member to clamp the carrier in the deployed position. Advantageously, the clamping member also clamps the load carrier in the stowed position.