Patent ID: 6116673
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A mounting fixture for a pickup truck that includes a truck bed having a front wall, a tail gate and a pair of side walls that diverge from the tail gate toward said front wall at a given angle, comprising:an L-shaped unit mounted upon each side wall of the bed that extends along the length of the side wall,each unit further including a horizontally disposed flat platform that is attached to an associated bed side wall and a vertically disposed side rail that extends downwardly from the platform into said bed,said side rails converging from the tail gate toward the front wall of the bed at an angle equal to the angle of divergence of the bed sidewalls whereby the side rails on the units are in parallel alignment, andeach side rail containing a guideway that extends along the length of the rail and having a side opening that passes out into the bed, said guideways being in parallel alignment whereby a component suspended between said guideways can slide freely along the length of the bed.