Patent ID: 8789548

Claim:
An enclosure for use with a pickup truck having a truck bed defined between a left bed wall and a right bed wall, the enclosure including: (a) a carrying case including a first case side adapted to be connected together with a second case side in a closed position to form a carrying case volume; (b) a left side rail adapted to be secured to the left bed wall of the pickup truck in an installed position, and a right side rail adapted to be secured to the right bed wall of the pickup truck in an installed position; (c) two left side enclosure support members, each having a respective lower end adapted to be connected to the left side rail at a spaced apart position with respect to the other left side enclosure support member; (d) two right side enclosure support members, each having a respective lower end adapted to be connected to the right side rail at a spaced apart position with respect to the other right side enclosure support member, each left side and right side enclosure support member including a respective height adjustment device associated therewith and residing at a respective corner of an enclosure area when connected to the respective side rail in the respective installed position for that side rail and placed in an upright position with respect to that side rail; (e) a number of roof members adapted to connect together to form a roof frame structure, the roof frame structure including a respective roof support member for each enclosure support member, the respective roof support member being adapted to be positioned in a telescoping relationship with the respective enclosure support member and secured in a respective telescoping position with the height adjustment device associated with that respective enclosure support member; (f) a number of shooting bars, each shooting bar adapted to extend in a connected position between two adjacent enclosure support members placed in the upright position, each shooting bar in the connected position adapted to move with the roof support member as that roof support member moves in a telescoping relationship with the respective enclosure support member; (g) an enclosure surround adapted to be connected in a surround position covering the roof frame structure and the enclosure support members in the upright position, the enclosure surround in the surround position defining a volume for the enclosure; and (h) an extension structure connected at least at one end of the first case side, the extension structure and first case side having a length sufficient to extend between the left side rail in the installed position and the right side rail in the installed position so as to form a bench resting at one end on the left side rail and resting at the opposite end on the right side rail.