Patent ID: 6607232
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: B62D,E05C,Y02T

Abstract:
A gate supporting assembly for supporting a gate of a truck bed, wherein the truck bed comprises a bed bottom wall, bottom wall lateral ends, a bottom wall forward end and a bottom wall rearward end; two opposing and spaced apart bed side walls extending upwardly from and substantially along the bottom wall lateral ends, at least one bed side wall having a side wall rearward end with a bed connector; the bed gate being pivotally secured to the bed at the bottom wall rearward end to pivot upwardly to meet the bed side walls and thereby close the bed and to pivot downwardly to become substantially horizontal and contiguous with the bed bottom wall and thereby open the bed, the gate having two opposing gate lateral ends, at least one gate lateral end having a gate connector, the gate supporting assembly comprising:a first cable; a primary cable connector fastened to said first cable for connecting to the bed connector; a secondary cable connector fastened to said first cable and spaced apart from said primary cable connector for connecting to the gate connector; wherein the spacing between the primary and secondary cable connectors is such that, when said first cable is at full extension, the gate is oriented at an angle substantially midway between horizontal and vertical.