Patent ID: 6082802
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A storage container forming a storage area under the raisable rear seat of an extended cab pickup truck having opposed cab side walls, a cab floor and a cab inner rear wall, said storage container having a front wall and wherein the opposed side walls of the cab form the opposed side walls of the storage container, the cab inner rear wall forms the rear wall of said storage container, the floor of the pickup forms the bottom of said storage container, and the rear seat of the cab forms the top wall of said storage container, characterized in that,a) removable and installable brace means are carried by said side walls of the cab and secured thereto by releaseable securing means,b) said front wall is removeably installable and secured to said opposed side walls of the cab by said brace means, and has a bottom resting on the bottom of said cab and has a top disposed under and supporting said rear seat,c) and being further characterized in that said brace means are vertically elongated with one of the said brace means having the outer lateral side thereof secured to said one side wall of the cab and the other of said brace means having the outer lateral side thereof secured to said side wall on the opposite side of the cab, both said brace means having vertical slots therein with the slots being in opposed relationship, and said front wall is received in the vertical slots of said brace means, and said releaseable securing means are hook and pile fastener means securing said brace means to the side walls of the cab, said hook and pile fastener means includes a pair of first hook and pile fastener strips with one of said first hook and pile fastener strips being bondingly secured to the outer lateral side of each of said brace means and a second hook and pile fastener strip engageably securable to each of said first hook and pile fastener strips with each of said second hook and pile fastener strips being bondingly secured to the inner side of said cab side walls.