Patent ID: 7210721

Claim:
A ladder rack to carry a ladder on a pick-up truck having a front and rear rack mounting openings in a top portion of the side wall of the bed box, comprising: a front and a rear ladder support each having, i) an upright insertion portion sized to be closely received within one of the mounting openings in the pick-up truck; ii) a lateral offset portion carried by, and extending inwardly from a top portion of the upright insertion portion; iii) a mast portion carried by an inner end portion of the lateral offset portion; iv) a lateral ladder carrying portion extending outwardly and upwardly from an upper portion of the mast, so that a ladder resting thereon will slide inwardly thereon to and against the mast; and, v) a ladder retention means extending outwardly over the ladder from a top portion of the mast to prevent the ladder from bouncing off the lateral ladder carrying portion; wherein use after the front and rear brackets are inserted within the rack openings, opposite ends of the ladder may be slid over the lateral ladder carrying portions of the supports thereby supporting the ladder parallel to and above the side wall of the bed box.