Patent ID: 7942295

Claim:
A glazier rack and tool chest apparatus for transporting large glass pieces and glazier's tools for use in combination with a truck bed having hollows and ridges, the apparatus comprising: a trapezoidal hollow base having a front side spaced apart from a rear side, a top side, a bottom side having a greater width than the top side, a first side spaced apart from a second side wherein the first side forms a slanted side of the base, the base comprising: a front door in the front side; a first top access in the top side; and a second top access adjacent to the first top access in the top side; a hollow quadrangular top section having a first end spaced apart from a second end, a top edge spaced from a bottom edge, the bottom edge having a greater width than the top edge, and a front end spaced apart from a rear end, wherein the first end forms a slanted surface of the top section, the top section comprising: an elongated hinge continuously disposed along a junction of the base top side and the base first side as well as along the junction of the top section bottom edge and top section first end thereby connecting the top section and the base lengthwise whereby the apparatus forms a hexagonal shape when positioned in a collapsed position in which the top section is folded downwardly and is positioned horizontally adjacent to the base and further whereby the apparatus forms a trapezoidal shape when positioned in an extended position in which the top section is positioned atop the base with the first side of the base and first end of the top section aligned to support a large glass piece at an angled position for stable transport a cylindrical hollow storage tube disposed within and continuously running the entire length of the top section, said tube having a removable cover and a fastening means to removably secure the tube cover to the top section; a pair of identical side doors in the second end; wherein the first top access and second top access retain a selectively open position via struts; at least two identical parallel spaced apart tracks fastened lengthwise to hollows of the truck bed; and at least two identical parallel spaced apart track slides affixed lengthwise to the bottom side of the base in position to align with the tracks whereby the track slides removably slidingly engage the tracks.