Car top ski rack

Claim 1

IN A CAR TOP SKI RACK, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF OPPOSED STANCHIONS ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A CAR AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS ALONG THE SIDES THEREOF, EACH SAID STANCHION COMPRISING A BASE AND AN UPRIGHT EXTENDING UPWSARDLY FROM SAID BASE, EACH SAID BASE HAVING A SEAT INTO WHICH THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID UPRIGHT TOWARDS, MEANS FOR LOCKING THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID UPRIGHT WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEAT, SAID MEANS BEING SUCH THAT THE UPRIGHT CAN ONLY BE REMOVED RELATIVE TO THE BASE BY AN ARCUATE MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CAR TOP ABOUT A GENERALLY TRANSVERSE AXIS, A CROSS RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF SAID UPRIGHTS, AN ARM HINGED TO EACH SAID CROSS RAIL ABOUT ONE END THEREOF, MEANS FOR LOCKING THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID ARM WITH RESPECT TO ITS CROSS RAIL TO CLAMP SKIS LAID ON THE CROSS RAILS, SAID STANCHIONS BEING SO POSITIONED THAT THE UPRIGHTS IN ONE OPPOSED PAIR OF STANCHIONS CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY AN UPWARD AND REARWARD SWINGING MOVEMENT WHILE THE UPRIGHTS IN OTHER OPPOSED PAIRS OF STANCHIONS CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY AN UPWARD AND FORWARD SWINGING MOVEMENT.