Patent ID: 6092852
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A truck bed comprising,a bed floor (14),a first inner side wall (16) having a first lip (18) extending inwardly,a second inner side wall (20) having a second lip (22) extending inwardly,a removable storage assembly (24) including a lid (26) having flanges (28) extending over and positioned above said first lip (18) and said second lip (22),said lid (26) characterized by a first tab (30) and a second tab (32) extending from said lid (26) below said flanges (28) and disposed under said first lip (18) and said second lip (22) to retain said lid (26) and to allow pivotal rotation of said lid (26) from a closed position (34) to an open position (36), said flanges (28) being adjacent said first inner side wall (16) and said second inner side wall (20) when said lid (26) is in said closed position (34), at least one of said first tab (30) and said second tab (32) having a flat (33) to trap one of said lips (18,22) between said flat (33) and said flanges (28) to maintain said lid (26) in said open position (36) above a horizontal plane defined by said first lip (18) and said second lip (22).