US 11,945,410 B2
Ladder rack system
Elizabeth Elaine Willnow, Adrian, MI (US); Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr., Adrian, MI (US); Joshua Michael Gerez, Tecumseh, MI (US); Scott Donald Lee, Frankenmuth, MI (US); and Robert Michael Butcher, Saint Charles, MI (US)
Assigned to Adrian Steel Company, Adrian, MI (US)
Filed by Adrian Steel Company, Adrian, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,175.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,855, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,891, filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202402 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 9/042 (2006.01); B60R 9/048 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 9/0485 (2013.01) 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ladder rack system, comprising:
a roof bow having an upper channel and a side surface;
a slide having a U-shaped support flange with two upstanding walls and a spanning flange cantilevered off of one of the upstanding walls, wherein said spanning flange is slidingly connected to said upper channel and said support flange is adjacent said side surface;
a ladder support member having a lower groove adapted to selectively receive a portion of said support flange therein;
a pivot bracket pivotally connected to said ladder support member, said pivot bracket adapted to selectively move said ladder support member with respect to said slide.