ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,094, issued on May 19, was assigned to Yakima Products Inc. (Lake Oswego, Ore.).
"Vehicle roof track support structures" was invented by Scott A. McFadden (Portland, Ore.), Jacquelyn Sue Ogle (Portland, Ore.), Taylor Richard Hill (Sherwood, Ore.) and David Condon (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support structure for a roof track on a vehicle, including a rear bracket. The rear bracket includes a roof rail configured to contact an interior side of a vehicle roof, a bar foot configured to engage a safety bar, and a support member extending between the roof rail and the bar foot. The roof rail and the bar foot are each ...