Patent ID: 8393665
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A pick-up truck tool box system comprising: a pick-up truck having a longitudinal axis extending the length of the truck, a truck bed comprising a floor, and at least one upstanding side wall; a tool storage box having a front end and a rear end and a longitudinal axis extending the length of the box, said box being moveable between a resting position adjacent to the floor of the truck bed, to a raised position elevated over the truck bed, to an extended position laterally passed the sidewall, to a lowered position adjacent to and alongside the outside of the side wall; height adjustment means for raising the tool box above the bed floor from the resting position to the raised position, for lowering the box from the extended position to the lowered position, and, at all times while the tool box is in its resting position and at all times during said raising and lowering, maintaining the longitudinal axis of the truck and the longitudinal axis of the tool box parallel to each other, said height adjustment means comprising a first vertical shaft extending upward from the floor of the truck bed and located in spaced relation to the front end of the tool box and a second vertical shaft extending upward from the floor of the truck bed and located in spaced relation to the rear end of the tool box; lateral adjustment means for shifting the tool box sideways from the raised position to the extended position passed the side wall, and, at all times while shifting, for maintaining the longitudinal axis of the truck and the longitudinal axis of the tool box parallel to each other, said lateral adjustment means comprising a third vertical shaft extending from the first shaft and a fourth vertical shaft extending from the second shaft; cantilevered arm members connected to the front and rear ends of the tool box, the arm members extending from the third and fourth shafts; and power means for driving the shafts, whereby upon actuation of the power means the tool box is raised above the bed floor from the resting position to the raised position, from the raised position to the extended position, and from the extended position to the lowered position.