Abstract: A fastening arrangement for fastening a carrier to a roof of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a support member which extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is disposed at respective side edges thereof. The fastening arrangement includes a carrier bracket which is adapted to be mounted near a side edge of the motor vehicle. The carrier bracket includes a threaded bore for accommodating a threaded portion of a carrier holder of the carrier. A cap cover is detachably insertable into the threaded bore so as to seal the bore when the carrier holder is not accommodated therein. The carrier bracket may be completely disposed beneath the surface of the roof or include a portion which projects beyond the upper surface of the roof. The carrier bracket may be provided with an annular flange that is applied with a seal and with pretensioning to the roof surface with a lower portion of the bracket being swagged so as to fix the bracket to the roof surface.

Abstract: A pivotal connection for hoods or covers of motor vehicles which includes a lever arrangement extending between a bracket which is integral with the vehicle and the hood or cover. A control device is provided for controlling a positioning of an edge of the hood or cover which is nearest to a pivot axis of the pivotal connection with a spring being provided for supporting a movement of the hood or cover into an open position. The lever arrangement includes a support arm rotatably mounted on a bracket with the support arm being connected with a track supporting the hood or cover. A link and two arm guide lever are provided so as to form with the track and support arm a four-bar linkage which undergoes a reversal in the course of a pivoting movement of the hood or cover by way of a lever articulated at a free end of the two armed guide lever as well as on the bracket.