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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Rhino Rack Australia Pty Limited, New South Wales, AU;
Richard Oswald Cropley, New South Wales, AU;
Christopher John Murty, New South Wales, AU;
Michael John Laybourne Hort, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
An assembly for releasably connecting a roof bar to a roof of a vehicle. The assembly includes a body which is affixed to the roof bar, a base which is affixed to the roof and has a receiving portion for receiving a portion of the body, a locking pin slidably engaged with the body and the base, and slidable along an axis between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the locking in engages the body and the base. In the unlocked position, the locking pin engages the body or the base. The assembly also has an actuator movable along the axis to slide the locking pin between the locked position and the unlocked position, thereby selectively engaging the body with the base.