Patent ID: 7594478

Claim:
A truck bed stake hole assembly for use in a truck bed stake hole having a length and a width, the truck bed stake hole assembly comprising: a shaft with a threaded end; a bottom plate with sides a, b, c, and d, where: sides a, b, c, and d generally comprise a rectangle with a corner missing, where sides a and c are generally parallel to each other and sides b and d are generally parallel to each other; side a is shorter than the length of said truck bed stake hole but longer than the width of said truck bed stake hole; side b is perpendicular to and adjacent to side a and is shorter than the width of said truck bed stake hole; side d is perpendicular to and adjacent to side a, is parallel to side b, and is shorter than side b; and side c is comprised of sections c 1 , c 2 , and c 3 , where: section c 1 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side b, is parallel to side a, and is shorter than the length of side a; section c 3 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side d, is parallel to side a, and is shorter than the length of side a; and section c 2 is adjacent to sections c 1 and c 3 such that section c 2 connects sections c 1 and c 3 ; a threaded hole in said bottom plate in which said threaded end of said shaft is threadably receivable; a top plate comprising: a top piece that is generally rectangular in shape, that has a length that is longer than the length of said truck bed stake hole, and that has a width that is wider than the width of said truck bed stake hole; and a post extending downward from said top piece; and a hole in said top plate that is slightly larger than said threaded end of said shaft; where said threaded end of said shaft extends through said hole in said top plate and through said threaded hole in said bottom plate such that: said top plate is located above said bottom plate when said shaft is oriented with said threaded end pointed downward; and said post in said top plate extends into a space defined on two sides by sections c 2 and c 3 of side c of said bottom plate when said top plate and said bottom plate are aligned such that the sides of said top plate that have said length that is longer than the length of said truck bed stake hole are parallel to side a and sections c 1 and c 3 of side c of said bottom plate, where said post is of sufficient length to act as a stop when said bottom plate is rotated relative to said top plate.