Patent ID: 9718391
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60P,B62D

Claim:
1. A ladder rack attachable to a bed of a truck for carrying a ladder, the ladder rack comprising: a pair of ladder rack assemblies each attachable to the bed of the truck, wherein each ladder rack assembly is positioned apart from each other to support opposing ends of the ladder, wherein each ladder rack assembly further comprises: a first support member attachable to the side of the truck; a first swing arm pivotally attached to the first support member; a second swing arm pivotally attached to the first swing arm, wherein the first swing arm move between a first position in the bed of the truck and a second position extending upward from the bed of the truck, and wherein the second swing arm moves between a first position substantially parallel with the first swing arm and a second position substantially perpendicular to the first swing arm; and wherein the pair of ladder rack assemblies are positioned apart from each other along a longitudinal length of the bed of the truck, and further comprising a third ladder rack assembly positioned apart from one of the pair of ladder rack assemblies across a latitudinal width of the bed of the truck, and a removable cross bar extending across the latitudinal width of the bed of the truck attachable at one end to the one of the pair of ladder rack assemblies and attachable at the other end to the third ladder rack assembly.