Patent ID: 7419075
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A utility rack for a pickup truck having rear cargo area with a bed having a pair of generally opposing vertical sidewalls with bedrails at the top thereof, said bed rails having an upper edge and a lip, said utility rack comprising, a first rack assembly and a second rack assembly configured to mount to said bedrails of said opposing sidewalls on said pickup truck, each of said first rack assembly and said second rack assembly having an elongated main body member with a first end and a second end, a first support assembly at said first end of said main body member, a second support assembly at said second end of said main body member and a clamp assembly at each of said first support assembly and said second support assembly to demountably secure said first support assembly and said second support assembly to said bedrails on said opposing sidewalls, said clamp assembly interconnecting said receiver member and said main body member, said first support assembly and said second support assembly configured to support said main body member above said bed in a generally transverse relationship thereto, each of said first support assembly and said second support assembly comprising at least two leg members, a connecting element, a base member and a receiver member, said clamp assembly interconnecting said receiver member and said main body member, said leg members and said base member forming a generally triangular configuration with said receiver member disposed between an upper end of said leg members, said receiver member configured to connect to either said first end or said second end of said main body member, a lower end of each of said leg members pivotally connected to said base member so that said base member is in a generally parallel planar relationship with said upper edge of said bedrail when said utility rack is mounted on said pickup truck.