System and method for vehicle article carrier having stowable cross bars

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8348111
APP PUB NO 20100252595A1
SERIAL NO

12755044

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A vehicle article carrier system for use on an outer body surface of a vehicle. The system may have a pair of support rails secured to the outer body surface. At least one cross bar having a pair of end supports extends between the support rails. Each end support has a housing and a rotatable locking component secured to the housing for rotatable movement. One of the housing and the rotatable locking component has a biased implement projecting therefrom, and the other has a plurality of structural elements arranged in a circumferential pattern. The biased implement engages with at least one of the structural elements to provide an additional holding force to the rotatable locking component when the rotatable locking component has been tightened.

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JAC PRODUCTS INC225 SOUTH INDUSTRIAL DRIVE SALINE MI 48176

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Drumm, Gerald L Pontiac, US 1 18
Heuchert, John M Pontiac, US 5 50
Makin, Michael R Pontiac, US 4 35
Michie, Gordon Lasalle, CA 17 126
Weber, Eric Pontiac, US 45 527

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