JPH0685149U - Roof carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The structure of the supporting leg connected to the supporting rod of the roof carrier can be used for both bolting and bracketing. [Structure] The roof carrier 1 includes a support rod 4, a support leg 7, and a hook member 3. The support leg 7 is provided with an inclined surface 30 that descends downward from the inside of the roof 2 toward the outside of the top surface 25 that horizontally supports the support rod 4, and a first through hole 31 that is perpendicular to the inclined surface 30. . The support rod 4 is connected to the support leg 7 via the first bolt 20 inserted into the first through hole 31, or
Alternatively, the top surface 25 and a bracket prepared as a separate member are sandwiched and connected. The bracket has an inclined surface 30
Is fixed by a slidable slider.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a roof carrier such as a ski carrier mounted on an automobile.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a roof carrier including a supporting rod horizontally arranged on a roof of an automobile, a supporting leg capable of connecting to the supporting rod, and a locking member capable of connecting the supporting leg to a roof edge is well known. Further, as a technique for connecting the supporting rod and the supporting leg, there are a known technique for screwing a bolt inserted into the supporting leg to the supporting rod and a known technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 64-5634. In this known technique, the supporting rod is inserted horizontally into the supporting leg, and the supporting rod is placed on the upper side and the inclined surface provided on the supporting leg is placed on the lower side, and a slidable trapezoidal slider is mounted between them. ing. The operating screw is rotated from the side of the supporting leg, and the slider is pressed against the supporting leg and the inclined surface to connect the supporting rod and the supporting leg.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the technical idea of connecting the support leg of the connecting method in which the bolt is screwed to the support rod and the support leg of the connecting method in which the slider is attached are slightly different, the manufacturer of the roof carrier is at least There was a problem that we had to prepare two types of supporting legs.

Further, in the above-mentioned known technique, since the slider is slid on the supporting rod, there is a problem that the coating or PVC coating of the supporting rod is damaged, causing rust or impairing the appearance. Furthermore, there is a problem that when the slider is attached, the slider easily slides down the inclined surface and it takes time to attach the slider.

Therefore, the present invention has an object to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art by making the supporting leg usable for both of the above methods and supporting the slider on the horizontal surface of the bracket.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The points that this device uses as means for solving the above problems are as follows.

According to the present invention, a roof carrier including a supporting rod horizontally arranged on a roof of an automobile, a supporting leg connectable to the supporting rod, and a locking member capable of connecting the supporting leg to a roof edge is premised. I have to.

[0008] Under such a premise, a top surface of the supporting leg that supports the support rod horizontally, an inclined surface below the top surface and inclined downward from the inside of the roof to the outside, and a right angle to the inclined surface. And a side wall portion disposed on the upper surface, and between the inclined surface and the top surface, a first bolt for screwing the support rod and connecting it to the supporting leg can be inserted at a right angle to the inclined surface. On the other hand, the side wall has a bracket that engages with the supporting rod and a slidable slidable surface on the inclined surface, and is screwed to the slider when the supporting rod is connected to the supporting leg. It is a feature of the present invention that it has a second through hole that is perpendicular to the side wall portion through which the second bolt can be inserted.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the supporting rod has a screw hole on the lower surface side that abuts on the top surface of the supporting leg, and can be connected to the supporting leg by the first bolt inserted from the supporting leg side. .

In another embodiment, the bracket has an abutting portion with respect to the upper surface of the supporting rod, a pair of hanging parts extending from the abutting part to both sides of the supporting bar, and lower ends of the hanging parts are bent inward. It has a guide surface for the slider that is parallel to the contact portion, and is slidable between the guide surface of the bracket that contacts the upper surface of the support rod supported by the top surface and the inclined surface of the support leg. The supporting rod and the supporting leg can be connected by sliding the mounted slider by the rotation of the second bolt and pressing it against the guide surface and the inclined surface.

[0011]

[Action]

 In the roof carrier configured as described above, if it is possible to connect the support leg and the support rod only by screwing the first bolt inserted into the first through hole provided on the inclined surface of the support leg to the support rod. Alternatively, the slider can be connected to the guide surface and the inclined surface of the bracket engaged with the supporting leg by pressing, and the two connecting methods can be adopted by one type of supporting leg.

In the connection method using the slider, the supporting rod is sandwiched between the bracket and the top surface of the supporting leg, and the slider does not slide on the supporting rod and damages the outer surface of the supporting rod. Never.

[0013]

【Example】

 The details of the roof carrier according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a ski carrier 1 taken as an example of a roof carrier according to the present invention and mounted on a roof 2 of an automobile. The ski carrier 1 has a square pipe-shaped supporting rod 4 horizontally arranged on a roof 2, a supporting leg 7 for supporting the supporting rod 4 at both left and right ends, and one end connected to the supporting leg 7 and the other end hooked to a roof edge. It consists of a hook member 3 that is stopped and a pair of ski holding members 5 that are attached to the left and right sides of the supporting rod 4. The hook member 3 is connected to the fulcrum 7 via an operating bolt 36 with a knob attached to the side of the fulcrum 7, and by tightening the bolt 36, the hook member 3 is brought into a tightening state with respect to the fulcrum 7. The ski holding member 5 includes a support base 10 having a pair of ski seats 12 and an arm 11 attached to the support base 10 via a pivot pin 8 so as to be openable and closable, and an elastic strip 45 attached to the arm 11. The ski (not shown) can be held between the seat and the seat 12. A pair of ski carriers 1 are mounted in the front-rear direction of the vehicle so that the ski can be supported at two points.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line XX of FIG. 1 and shows a connected state of the support rod 4 and the support leg 7. The supporting rod 4 has an upper surface 15, a lower surface 16, and a side surface 17. Inside the lower surface 16, a nut member 19 having two screw holes 18 is attached at a required position in the longitudinal direction of the supporting rod 4. The bolt 20 described later is screwed on.

The supporting leg 7 is located in the width direction of the supporting rod 4 by connecting the top surface 25 supporting the supporting rod 4, a pair of first side walls 26 facing each other on both sides of the supporting rod 4 and the first side walls 26. A cushion pad 28 that contacts the roof 2 is attached to the lower end portion of the first side wall 26 via a rotating shaft 29. In the figure, the top surface 25 is in a horizontal state, and below that, there is an inclined surface 30 having a downward slope from the inside of the roof 2 toward the outside, and a pair of through holes 31 perpendicular to the surface 30. The first bolt 20 inserted into the through hole 31 from the inside of the supporting leg 7 is screwed onto the supporting rod 4 and fixed to the top surface 25. The second side wall 27 connects the first portion 27A that intersects the inclined surface 30 at a right angle, the second portion 27B that intersects the top surface 25 at a right angle, and the first portion 27A that connects the first and second portions 27A and 27B to each other. The first portion 27A has a second through hole 35, and the second portion 27B has a screw hole 37 for screwing the knob bolt 36 from the outside of the support leg 4. The first side wall 26 has a sliding rib 40 that projects inward and is parallel to the inclined surface 30, and a first slider 41 is slidably locked to the rib 40 at its upper end portion. The hook member 3 is hooked on the lower end of the first slider 41, and the operation bolt 36 is laterally abutted between the upper end and the lower end. When the operation bolt 36 is tightened, the first slider 41 is pressed by the tip of the bolt and slid to the right in the figure, and the hook member 3 whose one end is hooked on the roof edge is tensioned, so that the ski carrier 1 is secured. It can be fixed to the roof 2.

FIG. 3 shows a case where a step portion 30 A is provided on the inclined surface 30 in the embodiment shown in FIG. By doing so, the two illustrated first bolts 20 having substantially the same length can be used.

FIG. 4 (A) shows a supporting rod 4 in a use mode different from that of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 (B) is a perspective view taken along the line YY in FIG. In this mode, the support rod 4 supported by the top surface 25 of the support leg is fixed by the bracket 45 and the second slider 50. The bracket 45 includes an abutting portion 46 that abuts on the upper surface 15 of the supporting rod, a hanging portion 47 that extends along both side surfaces 17 of the supporting rod and penetrates through a guide hole 25A provided on the top surface 25, and a hanging portion 47. There is a guide surface 48 for the second slider 50 whose lower end is bent inward, and the guide surface 48 is a horizontal plane parallel to the support rod 4. The second slider 50 has a trapezoidal side surface, and has an inclined surface 51 slidable on the inclined surface 30 of the support leg, a horizontal surface 52 slidable on the guide surface 48, and a bolt hole 50A parallel to the inclined surface 51. Have. The second slider 50 mounted between the inclined surface 30 and the guide surface 48 is screwed with the second bolt 53 inserted into the through hole 35 from the outside of the second side wall 27 of the supporting leg into the bolt hole 50A thereof. When the second bolt 53 is tightened, it can slide to the left in FIG. 4 (A). By such sliding of the second slider 50, the supporting rod 4 can be held between the abutting portion 46 of the bracket and the top surface 25 of the supporting leg.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3 in which the supporting rod 4 and the supporting leg 7 are connected to each other in the ski carrier 1, since there is no protrusion such as the bracket 45 on the upper surface 15 and the side surface 17 of the supporting rod 4, the ski holding member 5 It may be easier to attach such as to the supporting rod. However, in this aspect, it is not possible to use the ski carrier 1 for a wide range of vehicle types by changing the connecting position of the supporting rod 4 and the supporting leg 7 according to the vehicle width. On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to freely change the connecting position between the supporting rod 4 and the supporting leg 7, but there is a drawback that the bracket 45 projects from the upper surface of the supporting rod 4.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 In the roof carrier according to this invention, since the supporting rod can be connected to the supporting leg in two ways, the burden of manufacturing the supporting leg and the stock on the roof carrier manufacturer can be reduced, and an inexpensive product can be provided. Become.

Since the guide surface of the bracket below the inclined slide surface of the supporting leg is horizontal, the slider slides down from the guide surface when connecting the supporting rods using the slider. And work becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of a roof carrier (ski carrier).

FIG. 2 is a view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a supporting leg of a mode different from that of FIG.

4A and 4B are a cross-sectional view showing a supporting leg of a mode different from that of FIGS. 2 and 3 and a view taken along the line YY of FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 roof carrier (ski carrier) 2 roof 3 hook member 4 supporting rod 7 supporting leg 15 supporting rod upper surface 16 supporting rod lower surface 20 first bolt 25 top surface 27A side wall portion 30 inclined surface 35 second through hole 45 bracket 50 slider (second Slider) 53 Second bolt

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A roof carrier comprising a support bar horizontally arranged on a roof of an automobile, a support leg connectable to the support bar, and a locking member capable of connecting the support leg to a roof edge. A top surface capable of supporting the supporting rod horizontally, an inclined surface below the top surface and having a downward slope from the inside to the outside of the roof, and a side wall portion arranged at a right angle to the inclined surface. And a first through hole perpendicular to the inclined surface between the top surface and the inclined surface, through which a first bolt for screwing the supporting rod and connecting the supporting rod to the supporting leg can be inserted. On the other hand, on the side wall portion, a slider that is slidable on the bracket that engages with the supporting rod and the inclined surface is attached, and the slider is screwed to the slider when the supporting rod is connected to the supporting leg. It has a second through hole at a right angle to the side wall portion through which 2 bolts can be inserted. The carrier. 2. The roof carrier according to claim 1, wherein the supporting rod has a screw hole on a lower surface side that abuts on the top surface, and can be connected to the supporting leg by screwing a first bolt inserted from the supporting leg. . 3. The abutting portion of the bracket with respect to the upper surface of the supporting rod, a pair of hanging portions extending from the corresponding contacting portion to both sides of the supporting rod, and the lower end of the hanging portion being bent inward to form the abutting portion. And a guide surface for the slider that is parallel to the portion, and the slider is slidably mounted between the guide surface of the bracket that contacts the upper surface of the support rod supported by the top surface and the inclined surface of the support leg. 2. The roof carrier according to claim 1, wherein the supporting rod and the supporting leg can be connected to each other by sliding the second bolt on the guide surface and the inclined surface by rotating the second bolt.