A FASTENING ASSEMBLY, A CROSS BAR COMPRISING THE FASTENING ASSEMBLY, AND A METHOD OF MOUNTING THE CROSS BAR AND THE FASTENING ASSEMBLY TO A TRUCK BED

A fastening assembly () is adapted for releasably connecting a load-carrying cross bar () to a vehicle. The fastening assembly () comprises a cross bar mounting part () with a protruding first hinge part (). and a vehicle mounting part () with a second hinge part () adapted for releasably and pivotably coupling with the first hinge part (). The first hinge part () comprises a tubular first assembling part (). The second hinge part () comprises a second assembling part () with opposite shaft bearings () at opposite ends of a mounting base part () and is adapted to pivotally receive the tubular first assembling part (). A shaft () is releaseably arranged through the opposite shaft bearings () to pivotably connect the first hinge part () and the second hinge part ().