Collapsible storage unit for a truck

A collapsible storage unit for a truck for providing a collapsible storage container for truck boxes. The collapsible storage unit for a truck includes a storage assembly including a box-like storage member having a bottom wall, a back wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, side walls being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, a front wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, and a lid being hingedly attached to the back wall with the side walls being removably fastened to the front and back walls; and also includes a hinge assembly for fastening the walls together to form the box-like storage member; and further includes a storage member securement assembly for securing the box-like storage member to side walls of a truck box.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a portable trunk for a truck and more particularly pertains to a new collapsible storage unit for a truck for providing a collapsible storage container for truck boxes.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of a portable trunk for a truck is known in the prior art. More specifically, a portable trunk for a truck heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new collapsible storage unit for a truck. The inventive device includes a storage assembly including a box-like storage member having a bottom wall, a back wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, side walls being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, a front wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, and a lid being hingedly attached to the back wall with the side walls being removably fastened to the front and back walls; and also includes a hinge assembly for fastening the walls together to form the box-like storage member; and further includes a storage member securement assembly for securing the box-like storage member to side walls of a truck box.

In these respects, the collapsible storage unit for a truck according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a collapsible storage container for truck boxes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of portable trunk for a truck now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new collapsible storage unit for a truck construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a collapsible storage container for truck boxes.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which has many of the advantages of the portable trunk for a truck mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art portable trunk for a truck, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a storage assembly including a box-like storage member having a bottom wall, a back wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, side walls being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, a front wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, and a lid being hingedly attached to the back wall with the side walls being removably fastened to the front and back walls; and also includes a hinge assembly for fastening the walls together to form the box-like storage member; and further includes a storage member securement assembly for securing the box-like storage member to side walls of a truck box.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which has many of the advantages of the portable trunk for a truck mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art portable trunk for a truck, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such collapsible storage unit for a truck economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck for providing a collapsible storage container for truck boxes.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck which includes a storage assembly including a box-like storage member having a bottom wall, a back wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, side walls being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, a front wall being hingedly attached to the bottom wall, and a lid being hingedly attached to the back wall with the side walls being removably fastened to the front and back walls; and also includes a hinge assembly for fastening the walls together to form the box-like storage member; and further includes a storage member securement assembly for securing the box-like storage member to side walls of a truck box.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck that can be quickly and easily installed in a truck box within minutes.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible storage unit for a truck that safely secures objects, items, and personal belongings in a truck so that they won't roll around and bang against the walls of the truck.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 9 thereof, a new collapsible storage unit for a truck embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 9 , the collapsible storage unit for a truck 10 generally comprises a storage assembly including a box-like storage member 11 having a bottom wall 12 , a back wall 13 being hingedly attached to the bottom wall 12 , side walls 15 , 16 being hingedly attached to the bottom wall 12 , a front wall 14 being hingedly attached to the bottom wall 12 , and a lid 17 being hingedly attached to the back wall 13 . As can be seen in FIG. 4 , when storage member is erected to an in use position, as shown in FIG. 6 , the side walls are removably fastened to the front and rear walls. The storage assembly includes elongate partition support members 23 being securely and conventionally attached to interior sides of the front and back walls 13 , 14 , and also includes one or more partitions 25 being supported by the elongate partition support members 23 inside the box-like storage member 11 . Each the elongate partition support members 23 has a longitudinal slot 24 disposed therein and being adapted to receive an end of a respective partition 25 . The storage assembly further includes a plurality of shelf support members 26 being spaced about and being conventionally attached upon an interior of the back wall 13 and an interior of at least one of the side walls 15 , 16 inside the box-like storage member 11 , and also includes shelf members 27 being removably mounted upon the shelf support members 26 . Each of the shelf support members 26 is a semi-circular nodule member.

A hinge assembly for fastening the walls 12 - 17 together to form the box-like storage member 11 includes pairs of bracket members 18 , 20 and couplers 22 for coupling the pairs of bracket members 18 , 20 together. Each bracket member 18 , 20 is securely and conventionally attached along an edge of a respective wall 12 - 17 . Each of the bracket members includes tubular projections 19 , 21 being spaced apart and being conventionally disposed along a longitudinal edge thereof with the tubular projections 19 , 21 being aligned end-to-end. Pairs of adjacent tubular projections 19 of a particular the bracket member 18 are adapted to receive the tubular projection 21 of an opposed bracket member 20 therebetween. The couplers 22 are bolt-like members which are removably disposed in the tubular projections 19 , 21 to couple the pairs of opposed bracket members 18 , 20 together.

A storage member securement assembly for securing the box-like storage member 11 to side walls 35 , 36 of a truck box of a truck 34 includes tubular members 28 being securely and conventionally attached along end edges of the front and back walls 13 , 14 and being extended outwardly therefrom, and also includes elongate members 29 being threaded in ends of the tubular members 28 and being adjustably extended from the tubular members 28 , and further includes suction cup members 30 being securely attached to ends of the elongate members 29 and being adapted to attach to inner sides of the walls 35 , 36 of the truck box.

In use, the user assembles the walls 12 - 17 of the box-like storage member 11 , and places the box-like storage member 11 in the truck box of the truck 34 and extends the elongate members 29 so that the suction cup members 30 engages the side walls 35 , 36 of the truck box. The user can store objects inside the box-like storage member 11 so that they don't roll around, and once finished the user can fold up the box-like storage member 11 and place it in a carrying case 31 having a handle member 32 and a pocket member 33 , and place the carrying case 31 preferably inside the truck 34 behind the front seat until again needed.