Patent ID: 6913304
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. In a truck storage apparatus positioned adjacently to a forward wall of the cargo area of a truck, said cargo area defined by a pair of parallel sidewalls each depending from said forward wall, and a pivotal tailgate parallel to said forward wall, said sidewalls, said forward wall and said pivotal tailgate depending from a cargo bed, said storage apparatus comprising two spaced apart storage compartments and a receiving zone intermediately therebetween, the improvement comprising: each one of said storage compartments comprises an articulating lid, an upper anchoring plate and a lower anchoring plate, each one of said storage compartments suspendingly elevated above said cargo bed and forming storage space therebetween; a ramp storage compartment externally coupled to said storage compartments and adjacently engaging said forward wall; and a collapsible ramp for facilitating loading onto and unloading from said cargo area, said ramp storable in said ramp storage compartment.