Patent ID: 8403191
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A mounting rack for mounting a ladder to a pick-up truck, the pick-up truck having a pick-up truck bed defining a passenger side wall, a driver side wall, a front truck bed wall, a front end side, and a tailgate side, the mounting rack comprising: a first mounting structure constructed and arranged to support a first end of the ladder; a second mounting structure moveable between a storage position and an operating position, the second mounting structure constructed and arranged to support a second end of the ladder when in the operating position and abut the first mounting structure when in the storage position; a first docking assembly having a first rear channel and a second rear channel, the first docking assembly constructed and arranged to affix the second mounting structure to the passenger side wall and the driver side wall on the tailgate side of the pick-up truck bed when the second mounting structure is in the operating position, each of the first rear channel and the second rear channel comprising: a second docking assembly having a first set of channels and a second set of channels constructed and arranged to simultaneously affix both the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure to both the passenger side wall and the driver side wall on a front end side of the pick-up truck bed when the second mounting structure is in the storage position, to affix the first mounting structure to the passenger side wall and the driver side wall on the front end side of the pick-up truck bed when the second mounting structure is in the operating position, and to release the second mounting structure from the passenger side wall and the driver side wall on the front end side of the pick-up truck bed when the second mounting structure is in the operating position, the first set of channels and the second set of channels each comprising: