Structure for mounting roof carriers on a roof of motorcar

Patent 4834448 Issued on May 30, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 3, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

3719313

Fastening device for roof carrier of a motor vehicle
Patent #: 4364498
Issued on: 12/21/1982
Inventor: Kuus , et al.

Motor vehicle roof
Patent #: 4417762
Issued on: 11/29/1983
Inventor: Imai , et al.

Automobile roof structure Patent #: 4618181
Issued on: 10/21/1986
Inventor: Tokuda , et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Mazda Motor Corporation

Application

No. 07/163852 filed on 03/03/1988

US Classes:

296/210, Roof structure224/309, Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid296/37.7At or on roof or rooflike panel

Examiners

Primary: Song, Robert R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

International Classes

B60R 9/058 (20060101)
B60R 9/00 (20060101)
B62D 25/06 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1987-03-03 JP

Abstract

A structure for detachably mounting roof carriers to a motorcar roof including a pair of roof side rails each formed by joining a roof side outer panel and a roof side inner panel together at their outer and inner ends, and a main roof panel joined at each side thereof to the inner end of the roof side rail in a superposed relation, has a vertical wall formed by bending each side end portion of the main roof panel upwardly so as to extend along the joint portion between the roof side rail and the main roof panel, and a fixing portion provided on the vertical wall for detachably fixing a mounting bracket of the roof carrier.