Patent ID: 9745002
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A movable platform system for a cargo bed of a pickup truck, the movable platform system comprising: left and right rail assemblies mountable parallel to one another in the cargo bed of the pickup truck, wherein each of the left and right rail assemblies comprise a box rail and an upward facing 90° angle rail welded to the box rail; a left platform support carrying a plurality of roller bearings that engage two surfaces of the left rail assembly; a right platform support carrying a plurality of roller bearings that engage two surfaces of the right rail assembly; a platform suspended from the left and right platform supports wherein the platform is slidable on the left and right rail assemblies between a forward position and a rearward position; and a locking mechanism connected to the left and right platform supports and configured to secure the platform in the forward position and rearward position; wherein each of the left and right platform supports comprises a fixture containing a bearing feature with roller bearings in contact with each upward facing surface of the angled rail, and a low friction keeper feature in contact with bottom surface of the box rail.