Automobile top luggage rack

Claim 2

In a car top carrier, the combination comprising a pair of stanchions, a side rail, means for fixing the side rail to one of the stanchions, each said stanchion having a laterally extending opening therein, an insert having a portion projecting into said opening, means for locking the insert in angularly adjustable position with respect to the stanchion, and a cross rail, said cross rail and said inserts having telescoping portions forming a connection therebetween, said cross rail having the major portion thereof of non-circular cross section, whereby the angular position of said cross section with respect to said stanchions can be adjusted to various positions by adjusting the angular position of each insert with respect to the stanchion, wherein said means for angularly adjusting said insert with respect to said stanchion comprises a groove having angularly related surface portions in the periphery of said projection of said insert, a screw threaded into a portion of said stanchion extending into said groove, wherein said projecting portion of said insert is frusto-conical in cross section and said opening has a complementary cross section.

Claim 3

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said groove has a base which is convex in a peripheral direction.

Claim 4

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said cross rail has a teardrop cross section.

Claim 5

The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein said stanchion and said side rail having aligned recesses, and a layer of decorative material in each said recess.

Claim 6

In a car top carrier, the combination comprising two pairs of stanchions, a side rail, means for fixing the side rail to the stanchions, each stanchion of one pair of stanchions having a laterally extending opening therein, an insert having a portion projecting into said opening, means for locking the insert in angularly adjustable position with respect to the stanchion, and a cross rail, said cross rail and said inserts having telescoping portions forming a connection therebetween, said cross rail having the major portion thereof of non-circular cross section, whereby the angular position of said cross section with respect to said stanchions can be adjusted by adjusting the angular position of each insert with respect to the stanchion, wherein said means for angularly adjusting said insert with respect to said stanchion comprises a groove having angularly related surface portions in the periphery of said projection of said insert, a screw threaded into a portion of said stanchion extending into said groove, wherein said projecting portion of said insert is frusto-conical in cross section and said opening has a complementary cross section.

Claim 7

In a car top carrier, the combination comprising two pairs of stanchions, a side rail, means for fixing the side rail to the stanchions, each stanchion of one pair of stanchions having a laterally extending opening therein, an insert having a portion projecting into said opening, means for locking the insert in angularly adjustable position with respect to the stanchion, and a cross rail, said cross rail and said inserts having telescoping portions forming a connection therebetween, said cross rail having the major portion thereof of non-circular cross section, whereby the angular position of said cross section with respect to said stanchions can be adjusted by adjusting the angular position of each insert with respect to the stanchion, wherein said means for angularly adjusting said insert with respect to said stanchion comprises a groove having angularly related surface portions in the periphery of said projection of said insert, a screw threaded into a portion of said stanchion extending into said groove, wherein said projecting portion of said insert is frusto-conical in cross section and said opening has a complementary cross section.

Claim 8

The commbination set forth in claim 5 wherein said groove has a base which is convex in a peripheral direction.

Claim 9

The combination set forth in claim 5 wherein said cross rail has a teardrop cross section.

Claim 10

The combination set forth in claim 5 wherein said stanchion and said side rail having aligned recesses and a layer of decorative material in each said recess.

Claim 11

In a car top carrier, the combination comprising a pair of stanchions, a side rail, means for fixing the side rail to one of the stanchions, each saiD stanchion having a laterally extending opening therein, an insert having a portion projecting into said opening, means for mounting said projection for rotatable adjustment about an axis of the opening and circumferential adjustment with respect to the axis of the opening, and a cross rail, said cross rail and said inserts having telescoping portions forming a connection therebetween, said cross rail having the major portion thereof of non-circular cross section, whereby the angular position of said cross section with respect to said stanchions can be adjusted to various positions by adjusting the angular position of each insert with respect to the stanchion, wherein said means comprises an arrangement wherein said projection and said opening have similar frustro-conical cross section configurations, the cross sectional configuration of the frusto-conical surface being of a substantially greater diameter throughout than the corresponding dimension of the projection such that a space is provided between said surface and said projection, and a screw threaded through said bracket into engagement with said projection, said screw having a tapered opening, whereby said projection may be locked with respect to said bracket in rotatable and circumferentially adjustable relation to said bracket.

Claim 12

In a car top carrier, the combination comprising a pair of stanchions, a side rail, means for fixing the side rail to one of the stanchions, each saiD stanchion having a laterally extending opening therein, an insert having a portion projecting into said opening, means for mounting said projection for rotatable adjustment about an axis of the opening and circumferential adjustment with respect to the axis of the opening, and a cross rail, said cross rail and said inserts having telescoping portions forming a connection therebetween, said cross rail having the major portion thereof of non-circular cross section, whereby the angular position of said cross section with respect to said stanchions can be adjusted to various positions by adjusting the angular position of each insert with respect to the stanchion, wherein said means comprises an arrangement wherein said projection and said opening have similar frustro-conical cross section configurations, the cross sectional configuration of the frusto-conical surface being of a substantially greater diameter throughout than the corresponding dimension of the projection such that a space is provided between said surface and said projection, and a screw threaded through said bracket into engagement with said projection, said screw having a tapered opening, whereby said projection may be locked with respect to said bracket in rotatable and circumferentially adjustable relation to said bracket.

Claim 13

The combination set forth in claim 9 wherein said projection has a depression therein engaged by said screw.