Patent ID: 8366373
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A collapsible, lightweight mount to support a cargo loading device, said mount being adapted for mounting to a cargo box of a motor truck, said cargo box having a floor, a forward upstanding wall and upstanding side walls attached to opposite ends of said forward wall, each of said side walls having at least one stake receiving opening in an upper surface thereof, said apparatus comprising: a combination wherein said mount includes first and second fasteners for securing said mount to said cargo box, said first fastener including at least one vertical arm having an upper end adapted to extend above said cargo box and to support a cargo loading device at an elevation substantially above said upstanding side and forward walls and a lower end adapted to depend into said cargo box and having_means to removably attach said mount to said cargo box or said forward wall at a location adjacent to said floor of said cargo box; said second fastener including a horizontal arm attached to said vertical arm centrally of said upper and lower ends with opposite ends of said horizontal arm extending laterally from opposite sides of said vertical arm; and each of said ends having a depending peg attached thereto for attaching the opposite ends of said horizontal arm to said stake receiving openings of said side walls.