Patent ID: 7434858
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A rack for transporting planar sheets of material in a vehicle, the vehicle having an open cargo area, the open cargo area having a bed defined by a bed bottom and bed side walls, the bed side walls having an inwardly extending, generally horizontal flange at an upper edge, the rack comprising: a plurality of permanent members comprising a hollow tubular portion perpendicularly affixed to the bed bottom at a point adjacent to one of the bed side walls, the plurality of permanent members affixed to the horizontal flange by a clamp means; a plurality of vertical, removable members each comprising two vertical posts held in a substantially parallel relationship to each other by one or more spacers affixed near a top portion of the two vertical posts, thereby providing for the two vertical posts to straddle one of the bed side walls, the two vertical posts comprising a shorter inboard post and a longer outboard post, the shorter inboard post adapted to fit snuggly within one of the plurality of permanent members and the longer outboard post having a foot extending outwardly and away from the vehicle at a bottom end distal from the spacers.