Patent ID: 6089803
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A cargo barrier device system for restraining cargo in lateral and/or longitudinal directions on the bed of a pickup truck, comprising:(a) an elongated transverse member having first and second elongated flanged edges intercepted by opposite end edges and adapted to extend transversely across a pickup truck bed with said transverse member positioned with its major cross-sectional axis vertical and having a height less than that of the sidewall of said pickup truck bed and said first elongated flanged edge to lie on said pickup truck bed but unattached thereto with said end edges adjacent said pickup truck bed sidewalls, and(b) a plurality of elongated fore and aft members having first and second elongated flanged edges intercepted by opposite end edges and positioned with major cross-sectional axes vertical and with predetermined length and having a height less than said transverse member and unattached to said pickup truck bed, and(c) a plurality of vertical faying stiffeners that are integral to said transverse member and extend from one said flanged edge of said transverse member to the other flanged edge of said transverse member and provide a means for joining said fore and aft members to said transverse member, and(d) said fore and aft members being joined perpendicularly to said transverse member, and(e) an attaching means for attaching said fore and aft members to said transverse member that facilitates an adjustable portion of a length of said fore and aft members extending through said transverse member, and(f) whereby cargo can be restrained horizontally on said pickup truck bed.