Patent ID: 6174012
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A manually manipulatively installable and removable trunk for a truck including a rear bed partially defined by a floor, right and left side walls, a rear gate door movable between a closed position and an open position and including right and left rear gate door latch housings, and right and left upwardly extending rear gate door stops extending inward from the right and left side walls, respectively, wherein, when the rear gate door is in the closed position a right gap is defined between the right upwardly extending rear gate door stop and the rear gate door, and a left gap is defined between the left upwardly extending rear gate door stop and the rear gate door, said trunk comprising, in combination;a container section including right, left, top, bottom, and forward walls connected together to partially define an interior storage compartment therein, and a rear perimeter surface defining an access opening through which said interior storage compartment is accessible, wherein when said trunk is properly installed in the rear bed of the truck said container section extends into the rear bed of the truck and between the right and left upwardly extending rear gate door stops and said rear perimeter surface substantially abuts the rear gate door to substantially close off said access opening when the rear gate door is in the closed position; andright and left side flanges extending outward from said right and left walls, respectively, of said container section and each including a latch tab extending rearward therefrom, wherein said right side flange extends into the right gap and said latch tab thereof extends partially into the right rear gate door latch housing, and said left side flange extends into the left gap and said latch tab thereof extends partially into the left rear gate door latch housing to latchingly engage said trunk to the truck when said trunk is installed in the rear bed of the truck and the rear gate door is in the closed position.