US 12,071,104 B2
Load carrier apparatuses and systems
Filip Wärnelöv, Värnamo (SE); Tobias Jönsson, Värnamo (SE); Henrik Alm, Vederslöv (SE); Arvid Gränsmark, Jönköping (SE); Mujo Kukolj, Värnamo (SE); Fredrik Larsson, Jönköping (SE); and Gustav Bergström, Jönköping (SE)
Assigned to Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp (SE)
Filed by Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp (SE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,514.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,115, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314895 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 9/10 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load carrier, comprising:
a first base section having a longitudinal axis through an interior of the first base section;
a base insert coupled to the first base section and extending away from a first end of the first base section, wherein the base insert comprises a locking mechanism and wherein the longitudinal axis extends through an interior of the base insert; and
a second base section configured to removably couple with the base insert, wherein the longitudinal axis extends through an interior of the second base section,
wherein the base insert is configured to secure the first and second base sections together,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a bolt and a bracket, and
wherein the bolt comprises a bolt head configured to prevent separation of the first and second base sections when the bracket is in an unlocked configuration.