Patent ID: 9254777
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60P,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A stake pocket formation on a cargo bed adapted to receive a sidewall supporting member, to secure a J-hook and strap thereto and to also support the J-hook within the pocket, wherein the J-hook includes a shank and fingers joined at a bend with a gap between a terminal end of the fingers and the shank and the strap is secured to the shank, the stake pocket formation comprising: a pair of sidewalls extending from the cargo bed; an end wall extending between said sidewalls; wherein a stake pocket is formed between said sidewalls and between the cargo bed and said end wall adapted to receive a sidewall supporting member; and, wherein said end wall includes an opening and an upper edge, said opening defined by side edges located below said end wall upper edge, whereby the J-hook is secured to said formation by inserting its terminal end into said stake pocket and through said opening placing a said opening side edge adjacent the bend and tensioning the strap, and further whereby, an overall width of the J-hook at the gap is greater than the distance between said end wall and the cargo bed so that, when the J-hook shank is located within said stake pocket and the strap is not in tension, the J-hook extends between the cargo bed and onto a said opening side edge and is thereby supported within said formation.