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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
John K. Harding, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Steve David Fleming, Hockley, GB;
Danny Edward Stanesby, Benfleet, GB;
Alicia Agius, Romford, GB;
Will Farrelly, Chelmsford, GB;
Ian Sutherland Wright, Chelmsford, GB;
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
John K. Harding, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Steve David Fleming, Hockley, GB;
Danny Edward Stanesby, Benfleet, GB;
Alicia Agius, Romford, GB;
Will Farrelly, Chelmsford, GB;
Ian Sutherland Wright, Chelmsford, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A roof bar () for a motor vehicle () includes an elongate load carrying member () selectively held in a deployed position by a latch mechanism (). A crossbar portion () of the elongate load carrying member () is wider than it is thick and is orientated such that the width of the crossbar portion () is vertically arranged when the roof bar () is in the deployed position so as to increase the resistance to vertical bending of the crossbar portion ().