| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a device in a load carrier for vehicles, which load carrier is intended for roof-mounting. The load carrier comprises support members intended to rest against the upper face of the vehicle roof close to the edge thereof, a sheet-metal gripping member disposed in the support member to grip the edge portion of the vehicle roof, and a means arranged to lock the support member and the gripping member in a position, in which said means grippingly engages the associated roof edge portion. The gripping member is divided, in a portion of articulation, into at least two parts as seen in the lengthwise extension of the member, said two parts being hingedly interconnected in said portion of articulation in overlapping fashion while being separated by means of a spacer element. Said spacer element is arranged to prevent, in the mounted position of said gripping member, mutual pivotal movements of said gripping member parts about an axis extending essentially in the plane of the vehicle roof in parallel with the direction of travel of the vehicle. The extension of said spacer element in the crosswise direction of said gripping member is short in order to allow relative tilting movements of said gripping member parts while maintaining the spacing between said overlapping gripping member parts that is required to allow said relative tilting movements. A pivot pin is located on a line common to said spacer element and to the lengthwise extension of said gripping member and at right angles to the plane of said gripping member parts. |
