Patent ID: 8567650

Claim:
In combination, a storage box and a bracket assembly for supporting the storage box in the bed of a pickup style truck having an upper rail and a side wall extending downwardly from the upper rail, the combination comprising: a storage box comprising: a base having a bottom and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom to an upper edge; and a lid having a top and a lower edge configured to fit against the upper edge of the base; and a bracket assembly comprising: a box engaging portion having an upper end and a lower end, the box engaging portion further having a first side and a second side, the box engaging portion being connectable to a side wall of the storage box base such that the first side is disposed towards the side wall of the storage box; a hook portion extending from the second side of the box engaging portion, the hook portion configured to engage the upper rail of a bed of a pickup style truck; and an adjustable support leg extending from the second side of the box engaging portion, the adjustable support leg including a base portion integral with the box engaging portion and an adjustment portion adjustably connected to the base portion, the adjustable portion having an outer end, the adjustable support leg being adjustable so as to adjust the distance between the outer end and the box engaging portion; a box support portion extending from the first side of the box engaging portion, the base portion of the adjustable support leg and a part of the adjustment portion forming the box support portion of the bracket assembly, the bottom of the storage box base being disposed on the box support portion; the combination having an installed position wherein the hook portion engages the upper rail of a bed of a pickup style bed, the outer end of the adjustable support leg engages a wall extending downwardly from the upper rail of the bed and the storage box is supported on the bracket assembly adjacent the wall of the bed.