Patent ID: 6196602
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A deployable cargo rack for use with a pickup truck, said pickup truck having a cargo box defined by a floor and opposing side walls extending upwardly from said floor, said side walls each terminating in an inwardly turned flange, said cargo rack consisting of:a pair of elongate load supporting beams, each of said beams defining a plurality of apertures;each of said beams including a pair of tie-down devices, each of said tie-down devices slidably positionable alone said beams;means for selectively anchoring each of said tie-down devices at positions along the length of said beams;four brackets for securing said load supporting beams, each of said brackets including a clamp portion for removably connecting a bracket to one of the flanges defined by the pickup truck side walls, each of said brackets further including a U-shaped top portion configured for removably receiving a portion of one of said beams therein when said beam is transversely disposed across the width of the pick up truck cargo box;said brackets each further including a horizontally projecting storage pin;said beams selectively positionable from a stowed configuration wherein each of said beams is fixed by two of said brackets along a common cargo box side wall by said projecting storage pins, to a deployed configuration wherein each of said beams is disposed transversely across the cargo box and supported on opposing ends thereof by said U-shaped portions of opposing brackets.