Patent ID: 9566914
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60R,B62D

Claim:
1. A modular rack system for adjustably attaching equipment to a vehicle, the vehicle having a pair of spaced apart side walls and a bottom wall which together defines an open bed, the modular rack system comprising: a base mountable on a side wall of the vehicle, the base having a bottom surface engageable with the side wall of the vehicle and a top surface opposite the bottom surface; means for securing the base to the side wall of the vehicle; a first wall disposed on and upwardly emanating from the top surface of the base defining a lower seat; and a vertical member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the vertical member residing in the lower seat, wherein the first end of the vertical member has a first female threaded bore therein, the lower seat defining a first pass-through aperture therethrough, and a first fastener routed through the first pass-through aperture and into threaded engagement with the first female threaded bore thereby securing the base to the first end of the vertical member, and wherein the first pass-through aperture defines a counter-sunk bore on the bottom surface of the base.