Car top carrier

Claim 1

A BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A PIECE OF PIPE TO MAKE A CAR TOP CARRIER COMPRISING A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY BRACKETS, MEANS ON EACH SAID BRACKET FOR CLAMPING SAID BRACKET TO ONE END OF A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN THE BRACKETS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, A SINGLE RUBBER BLOCK FOR SAID PAIR OF BRACKETS, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID BRACKETS DEFINING HORIZONTALLY SPACED PORTIONS, A PIN EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PIPE, SAID BLOCK INCLUDING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH SAID PIN EXTENDS, SAID BLOCK HAVING A CURVED UNDERSURFACE WHICH IS GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL WITH ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE PIN, SAID BLOCK FORMING THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR ITS RESPECTIVE BRACKET, SAID BLOCK HAVING ITS GREATEST DIMENSION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS OF THE PIPE, AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIBLE MEANS PIVOTED TO SAID PAIR OF BRACKETS AT A POINT VERTICALLY ABOVE AND HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THE PIN, SAID LATTER MEANS HAVING PORTIONS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE DRIP TROUGH ON THE ROOF OF A CAR FOR APPLYING A FORCE TO THE PAIR OF BRACKETS.