JP3040697B2 - Car carrier support device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a car carrier, and more particularly to a roof carrier,
The present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a vehicle carrier, such as a ski carrier, on a vehicle body roof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a supporting device of this type, a roof side molding is engaged with a bottom surface of a roof channel extending in a front-rear direction of a roof near an outer edge facing a width direction of a vehicle body roof. It is known to provide a hook which is bent to the side of the outer wall of the opposed inner and outer walls of the roof, and which uses the hook to fix the support device on the roof channel (for example, it is known). J. 62-21486). More specifically, in this known device, a leg member (leg fitting) for supporting a cargo bed is arranged on a roof channel, and a hook member (suspension fitting) is overlapped on an outer surface of the leg member. When the hook (engaging claw) formed at the lower end is engaged with the hook (embedded hook) located on the roof channel, the bolt member (adjustment bolt) penetrating the leg member and the hook member is removed. The hook member is tightened and slid upward by a rotating operation, so that the engagement between the hook portions is maintained.

[0003]

According to the known invention, not only the hook located on the roof channel is bent toward the outer edge of the vehicle body roof, but also the lower end of the leg member is inserted into the roof channel. Due to the structure, it is necessary to cut off the roof side molding located on the roof channel in order to arrange the leg member and the hook member at predetermined positions. This is not only complicated, but also requires a certain degree of processing technique, and cannot be said to be easily performed by any amateur.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned difficulties by extremely simple means.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a leg member arranged on a vehicle body roof for supporting a carrier, and a sliding contact portion for an inclined sliding contact surface formed on the leg member. A hook member having a second hook engaged with a first hook integrally provided in a roof channel located near an outer edge of the vehicle body roof; and a hook member provided between the leg member and the hook member. And the second hook portion is held in engagement with the first hook portion by sliding of the hook member against the inclined sliding surface by the rotation operation of the bolt member. The premise of the present invention is that it is assumed that the supporting device for a car carrier is used, and the features thereof are as follows.

The leg member has a seating surface at its lower end which traverses the roof channel in the width direction and abuts the roof channel, and the inclined sliding contact surface extends from an inner surface of the leg member to an outer surface thereof. It is formed with an upward gradient toward.

The hook member is disposed so as to face the inner surface of the leg member, and the second hook portion is provided to bend toward the inner wall surface of the mutually facing inner and outer walls of the roof channel. Engage with the first hook.

[0008] The bolt member has a head at one end of a screw shaft portion, the head abuts on an inner surface of the hook member, and the screw shaft portion connects the hook member and the leg member to each other. A knob handle having a nut function is threadably engaged with the protruding end of the hook member so as to advance and retreat from the inner surface of the hook member to the outer surface of the leg member.

The hook member is supported by the bolt member so as not to rotate.

[0010] Preferably, the leg member has a vertically long guide hole in an outer wall thereof, which is larger than a diameter of the screw shaft portion, and which penetrates the vicinity of an outer end of the screw shaft portion so as to be vertically movable.

Preferably, the leg member has a support portion having the inclined sliding surface formed on an inner surface thereof, and the support portion has a diameter larger than the diameter of the screw shaft portion. Has a vertically long guide hole through which the middle portion in the length direction is vertically movably inserted.

In the present invention, "inside" means one side of a member or the like which is relatively farthest from the outer edge between the outer edge in the width direction of the vehicle body roof and a virtual center line parallel to the outer edge. The term “outside” shall mean the other side of the member or the like which is relatively closest to the outside edge between the outside.

[0013]

When the knob handle is rotated, the hook member moves in a direction approaching the leg member by the bolt member, and the sliding contact portion slides on the inclined sliding contact surface, thereby causing the second hook portion to slide. Of the first hook portion is securely held.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a supporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a supporting device 3 is disposed near a facing outer edge of a vehicle body roof 1 in a roof channel 2 extending in the front-rear direction of the roof 1. Generally, the support device 3
At least four of them are arranged on the front, rear, left and right of the roof 1. A supporting rod 4 constituting a carrier such as a roof carrier or a ski carrier is supported in a suspended state between the two supporting devices 3 facing each other.

In FIG. 2, a roof channel 2 is a bent joint on the opposite side of the roof panels 5a and 5b,
The inner and outer walls 6a and 6b and the bottom surface 6c facing each other are defined in a concave shape. At a substantially central portion of the bottom surface 6c of the roof channel 2, a side portion of the roof panel 5 is bent upward, and further, is bent toward the side wall 6a, and a hook portion 7 is provided. A roof side molding 8 is attached to the upper opening of the roof channel 2 on the outer side thereof, and a flexible flap 9 extends from the molding 8 toward the inner wall 6a.

The support device 3 includes a leg member 10, a hook member 11, and a bolt member 12.

The leg member 10 includes a pedestal portion 14 and a support leg portion 13. The pedestal portion 14 is provided between the seat surface 15 that crosses the roof channel 2 in the width direction of the roof 1 and abuts on the roof 1, and a pair of bracket portions 16 and both bracket portions 16 that face each other while being separated in the front-rear direction of the roof 1 And a support shaft 17 supported by the support shaft 17. The support leg 13 is rotatably supported in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction by a support shaft 17, and has a substantially vertical outer wall portion 18 with which a knob handle 26 abuts.
An inclined sliding contact surface 20 which is located at the top of the inner wall portion (support portion) 19 facing the wall portion 18 and is formed with an upward slope from the inner surface of the support leg 13 to the outer surface of the support leg 13. ing. The inner wall portion 19 may be formed so as to be substantially separate from the support leg portion 13, and may be formed on the support leg portion 13 so as to be fixable with screws or the like. In the outer wall portion 18 and the inner wall portion 19, vertically long guide holes 21 and 22 larger than the diameter of the screw shaft portion 12a of the bolt member 12 by a required dimension are formed.

The hook member 11 includes a vertical portion 11a with which the head portion 12b of the bolt member 12 abuts, a sliding contact portion 11b which is bent upward toward the outer edge of the roof 1, and a bottom surface 6c of the roof channel 2. , A hook 11e bent upward from the portion 11c, and a rectangular guide hole 27 in the portion 11a.

The bolt member 12 has a square neck portion 12c formed adjacent to the head portion 12b and fitted into the square guide hole 27. The head portion 12b abuts on the inner surface of the hook member 11, and the neck portion 12c is guided by the guide hole. 27, the guide legs 21 and 22 are inserted, and the support leg 13 penetrates from the inner surface to the outer surface, and one end of the screw shaft portion 12a protrudes from the outer surface. This protruding end has a knob handle 2
This is screwed into a nut portion 26a formed integrally with the inside of the tube 6 so as to be able to advance and retreat.

In FIG. 2, although partially shown, the support leg 13 is provided with means for preventing rotation of the hook member 11. That is, only the front edge 29 of the pair of front and rear edges constituting this means is shown, and the rear edge is the front edge 2.
9 is provided at a distance from the front and rear edges, and the interval between the front and rear edges is substantially the same as the width of the upper portion of the hook member 11 (the width in the front and rear direction of the roof 1). It extends upward from the part 19. The rotation preventing means is provided because the square neck portion 12c of the bolt member 12 is fitted in the square guide hole 27 of the hook member 11, and the turning force of the bolt member 12 acts on the hook member 11. Because. The reason why the neck portion 12c and the guide hole 27 are formed in a square shape that fits each other is that the bolt member 12 needs to be kept from rotating in relation to the nut portion 26a of the knob handle 26. is there.

The support rod 4 is supported on the top surface 28 of the support leg 13. In this supporting state, the screw bolt 25 that penetrates the guide hole 23a at the top of the support leg portion 13 and the guide hole 23b at the lower surface of the support rod 4 from below to above is mounted on the nut portion 2 on the lower surface of the support rod 4.
4 and fixed by screwing.

In the supporting device according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described structure, when the knob handle 26 is turned in the assembled state of the members shown in FIG. And the sliding contact portion 11b with the inclined sliding contact surface 20 slides upward, so that the engagement of the hook 11e of the hook member 11 with the hook 7 is reliably maintained. By the way, the neck member 12c of the bolt member 12 is fitted into the rectangular guide hole 27 with the movement of the hook member 11, so that the bolt member 12 integrated with the hook member 11 is also connected to the longitudinal guide hole 21 of the support leg portion 13. , 22 and slightly move upward. However, it is needless to say that the bolt member 12 can be configured to rotate while always maintaining a horizontal state.

[0024]

According to the support device of the present invention, the leg member can be disposed without cutting off the roof side molding located on the roof channel, and the hook of the hook member can be inserted into the roof channel. It can be brought into engagement with a hook provided there.

Since the leg member has its seating surface straddling the roof channel and abutting on the roof, the roof channel portion is formed by bending the roof panel and the roof panel portion is formed without such bending. Since the strength is relatively high, even if a considerable load is applied to the leg member by the carrier, the roof channel portion is not likely to be deformed.

Further, since the hook member is located on the inner surface side of the leg member, the form of the support device when viewed from the outer surface of the vehicle body has a so-called clean appearance and is good in appearance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view of a state in which a support device according to the present invention is arranged on a vehicle body roof and thereby supports a carrier (partially omitted) as viewed from the front side of the vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which the members constituting the support device are assembled on a vehicle body roof, as viewed from a front side or a rear side of the vehicle body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body roof 2 Roof channel 3 Support device 6c Inner side wall of roof channel 7 1st hook part 10 Leg member 11 Hook member 11b Inclined sliding contact surface 11e 2nd hook part 12 Bolt member 12b Head 15 Seat surface 19 Support part 21, 22 vertical guide hole 26 bolt member

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 9/04

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A leg member disposed on a vehicle body roof for supporting a loading platform, a sliding contact portion formed on the leg member with an inclined sliding contact surface, and a roof channel located near an outer edge of the vehicle body roof. A hook member having a second hook portion engaged with the first hook portion provided integrally, and a bolt member bridged between the leg member and the hook member; The support device for a vehicle carrier configured such that the engagement of the second hook portion with the first hook portion is maintained by sliding of the hook member with respect to the inclined sliding contact surface by the leg member, At its lower end, there is a seating surface that crosses the roof channel in the width direction and abuts the roof channel, and the inclined sliding contact surface is formed with an upward slope from the inner surface of the leg member to the outer surface thereof. The first hook member is disposed so as to face an inner side surface of the leg member, and the second hook portion is provided to bend toward an inner side wall side of the mutually facing inner and outer side walls of the roof channel. Engaging with a hook, the bolt member has a head at one end of its screw shaft,
The head abuts on the inner surface of the hook member, and the screw shaft portion penetrates the hook member and the leg member from the inner surface of the hook member to the outer surface of the leg member. A knob handle having a nut function is screwed to the portion so as to be able to advance and retreat, and the hook member is non-rotatably penetratingly supported by the bolt member.
Said support device being carried . 2. The screw member according to claim 1, wherein said leg member has a screw formed on an outer wall thereof.
The diameter is larger than the diameter of the shaft part and the vicinity of the outer end of the screw shaft part is
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a vertically long guide hole which is inserted so as to be vertically movable.
A support device as described. 3. The leg member is provided on the side of the inner surface thereof.
A support portion having an inclined sliding contact surface formed on the support portion;
The diameter of the screw shaft is longer than the diameter of the screw shaft
A contractor with a vertically long guide hole through which the middle part can be vertically moved
The support device according to claim 1.