Patent ID: 6517134
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle utility rack system, comprising:(a) a pair of single support racks for together providing an elevated hauling and working station, each of said single support racks including (i) a support structure being of a T-shaped configuration and formed by a lower vertical member and an upper horizontal member defining an upper horizontal support region thereon, and (ii) a pair of retention structures being of an angular-shaped configuration and each disposed adjacent to and connected with one of a pair of opposite lateral end portions of said upper horizontal member of said support structure so as to extend in an upward direction relative thereto and define opposite outer limits of said horizontal support region on said upper horizontal member of said support structure; and (b) means for coupling said lower vertical members of said support structures to portions of a vehicle so as to dispose said single support racks in upright orientations and spaced apart from one another such that said upper horizontal support regions on said support structures provide said elevated hauling and working station of said utility rack system, said means for coupling including (i) a pair of lower and upper connector members adapted for attachment to the vehicle portions and to interfit with said lower vertical member of each of said support structures at vertically spaced locations on said lower vertical member, and (ii) a pair of fasteners each adapted to detachably interconnect said lower vertical member of each of said support structures with one of said lower and upper connector members.