Patent ID: 7494032

Claim:
A sliding bed accessory arrangement comprising: a vehicle cargo area including a bed floor, a front cargo wall disposed on a forward end of the bed floor, a first side cargo wall disposed on a first lateral side of the bed floor, and a second side cargo wall disposed on a second lateral side of the bed floor; a first track fixedly attached to the first side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area, the first track including a first longitudinal side opening; a second track fixedly attached to the second side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area in a parallel, spaced arrangement relative to the first track, the second track including a second longitudinal side opening that faces the first longitudinal side opening; a first mounting arrangement including a first elongated rail slideably disposed on one interior surface of the first track and a pair of first connectors coupled to opposite ends of the first elongated rail with the first connectors being configured and dimensioned relative to the first elongated rail and the first track to retain and stabilize opposite ends of the first elongated rail within the first track, a first bed accessory supporting part of the first mounting arrangement projects outwardly from the first longitudinal side opening of the first track into the vehicle cargo area; a second mounting arrangement including a second elongated rail slideably disposed on one interior surface of the second track and a pair of second connectors coupled to opposite ends of the second elongated rail with the second connectors being configured and dimensioned relative to the second elongated rail and the second track to retain and stabilize opposite ends of the second elongated rail within the second track, a second bed accessory supporting part of the second mounting arrangement projects outwardly from the second longitudinal side opening of the second track into the vehicle cargo area; and a bed accessory having first and second sides rigidly attached to the first and second mounting arrangements by first and second fasteners, respectively, the first and second sides of the bed accessory being laterally spaced apart by a first lateral distance that is smaller than a second lateral distance measured perpendicularly between the first and second tracks, the first and second bed accessory supporting parts of the first and second mounting arrangements being disposed with respect to the first and second sides of the bed accessory such that the first and second sides of the bed accessory are removably supported by the first and second bed accessory supporting parts of the first and second mounting arrangements when the first and second fasteners are detached from the first and second sides of the bed accessory with the first and second mounting arrangements installed to the first and second tracks, respectively.