Patent ID: 8256820

Claim:
An adjustable toolbox for use in conjunction with a bed on a pickup, the pickup bed having a floor surface and a pair of upstanding walls extending therefrom, the adjustable toolbox comprises: a base portion having a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive at least one object; a pair of hanger rail portions each attachable to the pair of upstanding walls of the pickup bed, each of said pair of hanger rail portions having a channel such that said channels are non-parallel thereby defining a variable distance therebetween; a mounting rail coupled to said base portion, said mounting rail having an arcuate portion, said arcuate portion engaging a lip portion formed in said base portion for retaining said base portion relative to said mounting rail; a pair of support arms, at least one of said pair of support arms being movably coupled to said mounting rail, said at least one of said pair of support arms being movable relative to said mounting rail in a first direction; and a mounting bracket extending from each of said pair of support arms, said mounting brackets each being slidably engaged with said non-parallel channel of a respective one of said pair of hanger rail portions to permit sliding of said base portion relative to said pair of hanger rail portions in a second direction, said at least one of said pair of support arms being movable to accommodate said variable distance in said first direction, wherein said mounting rail, said pair of support arms, said mounting brackets, and said pair of hanger rail portions together fully support and suspend said base portion in a position spaced apart from the floor surface of the pickup bed.