Patent ID: 7740431

Claim:
A tie-down receiving system comprising: a pick-up truck including a cabin and a bed attached to the cabin, said bed including a pair of lateral walls, each of said lateral walls having an upper edge; a pair of mountings, each of said upper edges having one of said mountings attached thereto, each of said mountings having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein a plurality of tie-down members may be extended through said apertures in said mountings to secure the tie-down members to the truck, wherein each of said mountings comprises; an upper panel having a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said upper panel having a plurality of openings therein extending into a top side and outwardly of a bottom side of said upper panel, said apertures being elongated along a line oriented parallel to said first lateral edge; a plurality of fasteners, each of said openings having one of said fasteners extending therethrough, said fasteners extending into said upper edge of a respective one of said lateral walls; and a lateral panel being attached to and coextensive with said first lateral edge, said lateral panel extending away from a respective one of said lateral walls, said apertures being positioned in said lateral panel.