Patent ID: 7757916
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A load carrier arrangement for a truck bed, said arrangement comprising: an elongate elevating structure arranged between a base portion mountable to a truck bed and a load supporting portion, said elevating structure adapted to expand and contract between raised and lowered configurations, respectively; said elevating structure comprising two elongate and upright members relative to horizontal, and each of said two upright members are slidably moveable along an upright axis relative to the other for establishing said raised and lowered configurations; a fixing device releasably fixing said two upright members one to the other and thereby preventing expansion and contraction of said elevating structure, said fixing device including a blocking member pivotable about an axis parallel to said upright axis and pivotably insertible into and removable from slotted aligned receivers, one each of said slotted aligned receivers formed in each of said two upright members thereby blocking relative movement between said upright members; and said fixing device further comprising a take-up arrangement pivotally connected to said blocking member, said take-up arrangement having a pivot connection with said blocking member and configured to resiliently collapse at least one of said two upright members against the other when said blocking member is inserted into said slotted aligned receivers thereby forming a releasable friction fit therebetween.