Patent ID: 8240527
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An extendable tool box for accessing tools and supplies on a truck bed, said extendable tool box comprising: a tool box adapted to be positioned on the truck bed, said tool box being slidably reciprocated along a first horizontal travel path and thereby adapted to be aligned parallel with the truck bed; and a table top contiguously oriented parallel with said tool box and thereby adapted to remain disposed above the truck bed, said table top being slidably reciprocated along a second horizontal travel path registered parallel to said first horizontal travel path; wherein said tool box comprises: a bottom surface having a cavity extending from a proximal end of said tool box and terminating at a distal end of said tool box; a sliding mechanism connected to said bottom surface of said tool box and thereby permitting said tool box to freely reciprocate along said first horizontal travel path; and a first group of support legs pivotally mated to said bottom surface of said tool box; wherein said table top is removably inserted into said cavity such that said table top contiguously lays parallel with said bottom surface of said tool box, said table top further including a second group of support legs pivotally mated to a bottom surface of said table top; wherein each of said first and second support leg groups are selectively and independently pivotal between horizontal and vertical positions defined parallel and orthogonal to said first and second horizontal travel paths respectively; wherein said sliding mechanism comprises: a plurality of rectilinear roller tracks oriented parallel to each other and adapted to be statically mated to the truck bed; a plurality of rollers spacedly positioned along said roller tracks respectively; a plurality of roller axles passed through said rollers and anchored to outer walls of said roller tracks respectively; and a plurality of spacer blocks statically mated to said bottom surface of said tool box and vertically aligned above said rollers respectively; wherein said spacer blocks engage said rollers and thereby travel along said roller tracks when said tool box is reciprocated along said first horizontal travel path; wherein said sliding mechanism remains laterally spaced exterior of said cavity and aligned along left and right longitudinal sides of said tool box; wherein said sliding mechanism further comprises: a plurality of pin sleeves formed through said spacer blocks and oriented parallel to said roller axles respectively; and a plurality of rectilinear pivot pins positioned through corresponding support legs of said first support leg group and said spacer blocks respectively such that each said corresponding support leg independently pivots while each said spacer block remains at a statically fixed position respectively.