Patents by Inventor Gerhard Mann

Gerhard Mann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5641107
    Abstract: The invention concerns a foot member in roof-mounted load-carriers for vehicles, of the kind comprising a pair of support members, with each such member placed on the upper face of the vehicle roof adjacent the respective one of the two longitudinal sides of the vehicle, a carrier rail extending transversely across the vehicle roof and interconnecting said support member, and a grip member in cooperating roof edge portion and arranged to be actuated by a lever mechanism to releasably secure the load-carrier by clamping it against the corresponding roof-edge portion as a result of mutual vertical displacement of the individual grip member relatively to is associated support member upon pivotal movement of said lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Mont Blanc Industri AB
    Inventor: Gerhard Mann
  • Patent number: 5588573
    Abstract: The invention concerns a load-carrier for vehicles of the kind comprising a load-carrying tubular rail extending across the vehicle roof in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a foot member at each lateral edge of the vehicle roof, said foot member resting on the upper vehicle roof face and serving as a load-carrying rail support. The purpose of the invention is to provide a load-carrier which is safely anchored to the vehicle roof also when the latter is not formed with safe support against outwardly directed forces, i.e. drip-mouldings, previously commonly provided on vehicle roofs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Mont Blanc Industri AB
    Inventor: Gerhard Mann
  • Patent number: D348034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Mont Blanc Industri AB
    Inventor: Gerhard Mann