Patent ID: 6913175
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A load carrier for a pickup truck having an open bed defined by a tail gate and a pair of spaced walls which extend from said tail gate to a cab, each said side wall having an upper margin having oppositely facing upper and lower surface, said pickup truck having a tonneau cover for said open bed, said tonneau cover having an outer edge, said load carrier comprising: a pair of rails each adapted to rest on the upper margin of a separate said side wall, a pair of brackets each having a lower wall and a horizontal wall disposed above each said rail; a pair of clamps each having jaws adapted to engage said lower wall and said lower surface for connecting said brackets to said upper margins and when so engaged each said horizontal wall bears downwardly on each said rail and thereby prevents said rail from moving relative to said side walls; a stringer which is connected to said brackets and which is adapted to extend transversely across said open bed; a track which extends the length of said rail; and a slider movable along said track, said slider having means for connection to said tonneau cover such that said outer edge is spaced inwardly of said brackets.