VEHICLE ROOF RACK DOWNFORCE WING

Abstract

An downforce wing on a vehicle roof rack is horizontally secured by a set of clamps, each clamp secured independently of each other on a vehicle roof rack crossbar. The downforce wing is vertically secured on its back end by the said clamps' with roof pedestals attached to them, which support the downward force generated by the downforce wing and is vertically secured by the downforce wing roof base itself on its front end. The base size of the downforce wing roof pedestals varies to support downforce wings of various sizes and downward force performance. Should any of the clamps loosen due to a mechanical failure, the remaining clamps will keep securing the downforce wing to the roof rack crossbar.

Claims

1. Vehicle roof downforce wing comprising: a) Roof downforce wing; b) Downforce roof air wing support mechanism; c) Mechanism for attaching the downforce roof air wing to the vehicle roof rack;

2. Vehicle roof downforce wing in accordance with claim 1 in which multiple such mounting mechanisms are installed to ensure safety and reliability of the installation.

3. Vehicle roof downforce wing in accordance with claim 1 in which the vehicle roof downforce wing assembly is mounted on vehicle roof rack for easy installation and modular removal.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] FIG. 1 is a cutaway view of the roof downforce air wing, its attachment mechanism, as well as the vehicle roof rack and the vehicle roof it is attached to.

[0008] FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of the roof downforce air wing clamps mounted on the crossbar as well as view of the vehicle roof rack crossbar, vehicle roof rack and the vehicle roof it is attached to.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] A sample downforce roof wing installation design in accordance with the present invention is demonstrated in a cutaway FIG. 1. In this figure, the roof downforce wing 10 is shown mounted to the roof rack crossbar on an automobile roof 6. The roof wing is mounted to the automobile roof through the use of a roof rack consisting of roof rack pedestal 1 and roof rack crossbar 2. Specifically, the roof wing is attached to the roof rack crossbar through the use of crossbar clamp 3 mounted on the crossbar. The clamp than connects to the interconnecting plate 5. The interconnecting plate then interconnects the crossbar to the roof wing 10 and the supporting roof pedestal 7. The interconnecting plate is bolted to the crossbar and the roof wing assembly through the use of nut and bolt assemblies with locking washers 4 and 9. The downforce roof wing assembly is composed of the wing 10 and the downforce force support pedestal 7. The downforce support pedestal contacts the automobile roof 6 through grommet 12 to ensure stable installation and to prevent damage to the vehicle finish. The front part of the air wing 10 contacts the roof 6 directly for additional stability.

[0010] FIG. 2 shows the side perspective view of the roof downforce wing installation mount point clamps 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 mounted on roof rack crossbar which then attaches at 14 and 21 to the roof rack pedestals 13 and 20. Each roof downforce wing installation mount point clamps 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 then in turn attach to mount plates 5 that hold the roof downforce wing assembly 10, 7, 12.

[0011] The foregoing is offered primarily for purposes of illustration. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous variations, modifications and substitutions of the various elements of structure, function and operation described herein may be made with out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.