Roof-top container

Claim 2

A roof-top luggage container device of the type designed to be mounted on the top of automobile type vehicles, said device comprising: support means including a plurality of rub rails fixedly attached to the top of the vehicle; cover means removably attached to said support means and including oppositely disposed side wall portions, said plurality of rub rails comprising at least two outer rub rails disposed substantially adjacent the outer periphery of said plurality of rub rails and in engageable relation with the edge of each of said oppositely disposed side wall portions, attachment means including hinge means secured to one of said two outer rub rails, said hinge means movably interconnected to said correspondingly positioned side wall portion, lock means mounted on the other of said oppositely disposed side wall portions and disposed to lockingly engage the other of said two rub rails relative to the rub rail engaging said attachment means, whereby said cover means is removably supported, at least in part, on said two outer rub rails along said oppositely disposed side wall portions of said cover means.

Claim 3

A device as in claim 1 wherein said outer two rub rails include a predetermined configuration defined at least in part by the outer peripheral edge thereof formed into a protruding lip means, both said hinge means and said lock means connectable to said lip means on correspondingly positioned of each of said two outer rub rails.

Claim 4

A device as in claim 2 wherein said hinge means is fixedly attached to said lip means of one of said outer rub rails, pin means fixedly attached to one of said correspondingly positioned of said side wall portions disposed adjacent said hinge means, said pin means disposed on said one side wall portion in movable engagement with said hinge means.

Claim 5

A device as in claim 1 wherein said cover means comprises a body including a sealing gasket mounted on a peripheral edge thereof in abutting relation to said outer two rub rails and to said top, said cover means further comprising a plurality of pins attached to one side of said body in corresponding relation to said attachment means and a plurality of lock means attached to the opposite side of said body in engaging relationship to said attachment means, whereby said cover means may be removably attached and secured to said support means.

Claim 6

A device as in claim 1 wherein said two rub rails are the outermost of said plurality of rub rails, said hinge means comprising a plurality of hinges formed on one of said two rub rails and disposed in predetermined relation to one another, said attachment means further comprising a plurality of brackets formed on the other of said two rub rails and disposed in predetermined relation to one another.

Claim 7

A device as in claim 1 wherein said support means further comprises a plurality of stanchions attached to said top in mating relation to the ends of said rub rails, a plurality of cross rails attached to said top in transverse relation to said rub rails each in mating relation to two of said plurality of stanchions, and a plurality of upper support rails matingly attached to the top of said stanchions, each of said upper support rails extending between two of said plurality of stanchions.

Claim 8

A device as in claim 1 wherein said two rub rails are the outermost of said plurality of rub rails; said attachment means comprising a lip formed on the outside of each of said two rub rails and a plurality of hinges formed on one of said two rub rails, said hinges being disposed in predetermined relation to one another; said cover means comprising a body including a sealing gasket mounted on a peripheral edge thereof in abutting relation to said two rub rails and to the top, said cover means further comprising a plurality of pins attached to one side of said body in corresponding relation to said hinges and a plurality of lock means attached to the opposite side of said body in engaGing relationship to said lip, whereby said cover means may be removably attached and secured to said support means in abutting relation to said two rub rails and to the top.

Claim 9

A device as in claim 1 wherein said two rub rails are the outermost of said plurality of rub rails; said attachment means comprising a plurality of hinges formed on one of said two rub rails, said hinges being disposed in predetermined relation to one another, said attachment means further comprising a plurality of substantially C-shaped brackets formed on the other of said two rub rails, said brackets being disposed in predetermined relation to one another; said cover means comprising a body including a sealing gasket mounted on a peripheral edge thereof in abutting relation to said two rub rails and to the top, said cover means further comprising a plurality of pins attached to one side of said body in corresponding relation to said hinges and a plurality of lock means attached to the opposite side of said body in engaging relationship to said brackets, whereby said cover means may be removably attached and secured to said support means in abutting relation to said two rub rails and to the top.

Claim 10

A device as in claim 1 wherein said two rub rails are the outermost of said plurality of rub rails; and wherein said support means further comprises a plurality of stanchions attached to said top in mating relation to the ends of said rub rails, a plurality of cross rails attached to the top in transverse relation to said rub rails each in mating relation to two of said plurality of stanchions, and a plurality of upper support rails matingly attached to the top of said stanchions, each of said upper support rails extending between two of said plurality of stanchions; said attachment means comprising a lip formed on the outside of said two rub rails and a plurality of hinges formed on one of said two rub rails, said hinges being disposed in predetermined relation to one another; said cover means comprising a body including a sealing gasket mounted on a peripheral edge thereof in abutting relation to said support means, said cover means further comprising a plurality of pins attached to one side of said body in corresponding relation to said hinges and a plurality of lock means attached to the opposite side of said body in engaging relationship to said lip, whereby said cover means may be removably attached and secured to said support means.

Claim 11

A device as in claim 1 wherein said two rub rails are the outermost of said plurality of rub rails; and wherein said support means further comprises a plurality of stanchions attached to said top in mating relation to the ends of said rub rails, a plurality of cross rails attached to the top in transverse relation to said rub rails in mating relation to two of said plurality of stanchions, and a plurality of upper support rails matingly attached to the top of said stanchions, each of said upper support rails extending between two of said plurality of stanchions; said attachment means comprising a plurality of hinges formed on one of said two rub rails, said hinges being disposed in predetermined relation to one another, said attachment means further comprising a plurality of substantially C-shaped brackets formed on the other of said two rub rails, said brackets being disposed in predetermined relation to one another said cover means comprising a body including a sealing gasket mounted on a peripheral edge thereof in abutting relation to said support means, said cover means further comprising a plurality of pins attached to one side of said body in corresponding relation to said hinges and a plurality of lock means attached to the opposite side of said body in engaging relationship to said brackets, whereby said cover means may be removably attached and secured to said support means.