Patent ID: 7222905
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a motor vehicle body including a front end and a rear end of the motor vehicle body, the motor vehicle body having a plurality of frame members with a skin of sheet material covering the frame members and at least partially forming a generally vertical side wall, the motor vehicle body extending from the front end to the rear end of the motor vehicle body in a fore and aft direction generally parallel to a direction of travel of the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle body also extending laterally from side to side in a direction that is a generally transverse direction relative to the direction of travel of the motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle body includes a truck bed comprising at least a portion of the side wall; at least one body receiver in the motor vehicle body, said body receiver having structure forming the at least one body receiver, the structure of the body receiver defining a length extending in the transverse direction, the structure of the body receiver also defining an opening in the motor vehicle body, wherein the opening has a width; and the length of the body receiver being greater than the width of the opening of the body receiver, said length of the body receiver extending in a direction that is generally horizontal and non-parallel to the fore and aft direction, wherein the body receiver opens out away from a center of the motor vehicle through the side wall of the truck bed of the motor vehicle body; at least one accessory selectively received in the at least one body receiver; wherein the receiver is not located in a bumper and the receiver is not a threaded receiver; the receiver is located above a tire height of the motor vehicle; the structure forming the at least one body receiver comprises a socket formed by the opening disposed in the body; and the accessory includes an insert connected to the accessory and selectively located in the socket in a deployed state supporting the accessory on the body.