Patent ID: 6394532
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B60J,B60P

Abstract:
A pivoting device for pick-up truck camper shells for allowing a camper shell to be pivoted and held in a upward position for easy access to an interior of the pick-up truck bed, the truck bed including a pair of longitudinally extending opposed side walls having side upper surfaces, the side walls each having a forward and rearward post hole, the camper shell having a forward end and a rearward end and camper shell sides, each camper shell side having a lower flange, the device comprising, in combination:a pair of support posts each having a short lower section and a long upper section, the short lower sections having lower ends dimensioned for being received within the forward and rearward post holes of the truck bed, the long upper sections extending upwardly at an inward angle from the short lower sections, the long upper sections each having an upper end having a pin for extending through an aperture of one of the lower flanges of the camper shell for elevating the side of the camper shell above the truck bed; a chain securable between one of the opposed side walls of the truck bed and one of the lower flanges of the camper shell; a pair of pivot rod assemblies, each pivot rod assembly mountable along one of the sides of the truck bed, each pivot rod assembly having a pivot rod and a pair of support brackets, each support bracket having a lower end which is mountable within one of the post holes and an upper end having a tab which is capable of extending through an aperture of one of the lower flanges, each tab having an upper aperture and a lower aperture, the pivot rod capable of extending horizontally through apertures in the tabs of the support brackets located on the same side of the truck bed to prevent the camper shell from lifting from the truck bed sides until the rod is removed from the apertures.