JPH074188U - Roof rail mounting carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The roof rail is clamped by operating a pair of bolts that are screwed from the horizontal direction to the support leg. A carrier 30, which is mounted on the roof rail 2 for use, sandwiches the roof rail 2 and presses the first and second hook members 33, 35 on both sides of the roof rail 2 and the support leg body 32 and the roof rail 2 under pressure. The first for
Two operation bolts 34 and 36 are provided. The first and second operation bolts 34, 36 are screwed to the support leg body 32 from the horizontal direction.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a carrier used by being attached to a roof rail of an automobile.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, carriers used for mounting skis and the like on the roof rails of automobiles are well known. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an example of a method of attaching such a carrier 3 to the roof rail 2. Although not shown in detail, a pair of roof rails 2 are provided on the left and right sides of the roof 1 of the passenger car in parallel with the front-rear direction, and the carrier 3 is mounted so as to straddle the pair of rails 2. is there. The carrier 3 engages with a support rod 4 extending in the left-right direction, a bracket 6 having bolts 5 fixed to both ends of the support rod 4 and extending outward of the roof 1, a bracket 6 and a roof rail 2. A hook member 8 and a knob nut 7 that is screwed onto the bolt 5 and can be pressed against the hook member 8 from the outside are provided. Further, the inside of the roof rail 2 is attached to the lower surface of the supporting rod 4 through the bolt 9 and the angle member 10 is attached. Is equipped with.

The carrier 3 is attached as follows. First, the left and right angle members 10 are fixed to the supporting rod 4 at positions where they lightly contact the roof rail 2 from the inside. Next, as shown in the drawing, the hook member 8 is inserted from the outside of the roof rail 2 and the bolt 5 is inserted into a through hole (not shown) provided in the hook member 8 to abut the roof rail 2 and the bracket 6. Further, the knob nut 7 is screwed onto the bolt 5 and the hook member 8 is tightened to increase the contact pressure of the member 8 to a required degree.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the prior art carrier 1, it is preferable that the position of the angle member 10 is precisely adjusted, and the roof rail 2 is sandwiched between the hook member 8 and the angle member 10 which are fastened. This is because the roof rail 2 is not necessarily strong against the lateral force acting by tightening the knob nut 7. However, when the knob nut 7 is started to be tightened and it is found that the position of the angle member 10 is inappropriate, it is extremely difficult to readjust the position unless the carrier 3 is once removed from the roof 1. Since the space between the roof 1 and the bolt 9 is usually small, it is difficult to rotate the bolt 9, and the mounting method of the angle member 10 as shown is not suitable for fine adjustment of the position. is there. Therefore, in the carrier 3, the position adjustment of the angle member 10 is often neglected, and the knob nut 7 is apt to be tightened, and there is a problem that the roof rail 2 is bent after all.

In view of this, the present invention has an object to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art by tightening each of the hook members for sandwiching the roof rail from the inside and outside with a bolt screwed from the horizontal direction to the support leg. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

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

In this invention, the carrier is premised on a supporting rod and a supporting leg which supports the supporting rod and is detachably connected to the roof rail.

Under such a premise, the supporting leg main body supports the supporting rod, a pair of operation bolts horizontally screwed to the supporting leg main body on both sides of the roof rail, and the supporting leg main body and the roof rail via these operating bolts. It is a feature of the present invention that it has a pair of hook members that can be engaged with and that can sandwich the roof rail.

[0009]

[Action]

 In the roof carrier configured as described above, the pair of hook members are tightened from inside and outside of the roof rail with the operation bolts to sandwich the roof rail and mount the carrier. Since the operation bolts are screwed from the horizontal direction to the main body of the support leg, if the bolts are alternately tightened from both sides of the roof rail little by little, no lateral bending force is applied to the roof rail.

[0010]

【Example】

 The details of the carrier according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same reference numerals are used for components common to the prior art carrier of FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a carrier 30 according to the present invention mounted on a pair of roof rails 2 provided on both sides of a roof 1 of an automobile along the longitudinal direction thereof. A pair of carriers 30 are attached to the front and rear of the roof 1, and ski holding members 10 are attached to both sides of each carrier 30, so that skis mounted on the roof 1 can be supported at two front and rear directions. Is done. The carrier 30 is composed of a square pipe-shaped supporting rod 4 and supporting legs 31 for supporting the supporting rod 4 near both left and right ends. The supporting leg 31 has a supporting leg main body 32, and is provided with a first hook member 33 and a first operating bolt 34 on the outer side of the roof rail 2 so as to sandwich the roof rail 2, and a second hook member on the inner side of the roof rail 2. 35 and a second operation bolt 36. The roof rail 2 can be clamped by tightening the first and second hook members 33 and 35 to the support leg main body 32 with the first and second operation bolts 34 and 36, and the carrier 30 is fixed to the roof rail 2 by such clamping. Can be installed.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1, showing the details of the support leg 31. In the support leg 31, the support leg main body 32 has a top surface 39 for horizontally supporting the support rod 4, and a fixing bolt 40 is screwed into a bolt hole 41 of the support rod 4 from below the top surface 39. Thus, the supporting leg main body 32 and the supporting rod 4 are connected. The bottom surface 42 of the supporting leg body 32 is in contact with the roof rail 2. On the outer surface of the support leg body 32 located outside the roof rail 2, a slide surface 43 that rises inward of the roof 1 and a first surface parallel to the top surface 39 on which the first bolt 34 can be screwed from the horizontal direction. There is a 1-bolt hole 45. On the inner surface of the support leg main body 32, there are a horizontal guide recess 46 for the second hook member 35, and a second bolt hole 47 into which the second operation bolt 36 can be screwed horizontally.

The first hook member 33 is provided between an upper end portion 33A that abuts on the slide surface 43, a hook-shaped lower end portion 33B that can be locked to the roof rail 2 from below, and between these end portions 33A, 33B. The intermediate portion 33C has a through hole 50 through which the first operation bolt 34 can be inserted. The intermediate portion 33C is substantially vertical in the attached state shown. The first operation bolt 34 is screwed into the first bolt hole 45 of the support leg body 32 from the outside of the first hook member 33. When the first hook member 33 is fastened to the support leg body 32 with the first operation bolt 34, the upper end portion 33A of the member 33 slides upward and to the right, but the lower end portion 33B is almost fixed. The supporting leg body 32 and the roof rail 2 are pressed against each other.

The second hook member 35 is in a substantially vertical state, and has a plate-shaped portion 35A whose lower end can abut against the roof rail 2 and a guide for horizontally bending the upper end of the plate-shaped portion 35A. It is composed of a horizontal plate-shaped portion 35B formed so as to be capable of being fitted into the recess 46. The second operation bolt 36 is inserted into the through hole 51 provided in the plate portion 35A and screwed into the second bolt hole 47. When the second hook member 35 is fastened to the supporting leg main body 32 with the second bolt 36, the upper end of the plate-shaped portion 35A is supported by the recess 46, and the lower end thereof comes into pressure contact with the roof rail 2.

In the support leg 31 thus configured, the first and second bolts are alternately and slightly tightened on the roof rails 2 from both inside and outside, so that the roof rails 2 are securely fixed by the first and second hook members 33 and 35. The carrier 31 can be surely mounted by sandwiching it. Further, when the roof rails 2 are clamped by such a procedure, the first bolts 34 of the respective roof rails 2 will not be overtightened and the pair of rails 2 will not be bent inward. Furthermore, even if the space between the roof 1 and the supporting rod 4 is narrow, the second bolt 36 is screwed in from the horizontal direction, so the driver 55 (see FIG. 2) or the fingertip shown in phantom lines is shown. The position of the second hook member 35 can be finely adjusted by the operation of.

[0016]

[Effect of device]

 In the carrier according to the present invention, the roof rails are sandwiched from the left and right sides, so that the roof rails are not bent when they are mounted. In addition, since the second bolt inside the roof rail is screwed from the horizontal direction to the main body of the supporting leg, the rotating operation is easy even if the distance between the roof and the supporting rod is narrow, and the second hook member Easy fine adjustment of position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile roof showing a usage state of a carrier.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line XX in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a carrier showing an example of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Roof 2 Roof Rail 4 Support Rod 30 Carrier 31 Support Leg 32 Support Leg Main Body 33 First Hook Member 34 First Bolt 35 Second Hook Member 36 Second Bolt

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A carrier comprising a support rod and a support leg that supports the support rod and is detachably connected to a roof rail, the support leg main body supporting the support rod, and both sides of the roof rail. A pair of operation bolts screwed horizontally to the support leg body, and a pair of hook members engageable with the support leg body and the roof rail via the operation bolts and capable of sandwiching the roof rail. And the carrier.