Patent ID: 8459516

Claim:
A mechanism to attach accessories to a stake pocket in a cargo area sidewall of a vehicle, comprising: a rectangular base plate having a first length, a width, a first edge, a second edge parallel to said first edge, a third edge perpendicular to said first edge, a fourth edge parallel to said third edge, a thickness, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein said width is the distance between said first edge and said second edge; a groove formed in said base plate perpendicular to said first edge and extending from said first edge of said base plate to a first distance from said first edge of said base plate, wherein said first distance is less than said width of said base plate, wherein said groove has a width of a second distance between said top surface of said base plate and a third distance below said top surface of said base plate, and a width of a fourth distance between said third distance below said top surface of said base plate and a fifth distance below said top surface of said base plate, wherein said fifth distance is less than said thickness of said base plate and is greater than said third distance, and said fourth distance is greater than said second distance so that said groove has the shape of an inverted T; spring loaded ball plungers having rounded ends attached to said base plate so that said rounded ends of said ball plungers extend through said top surface of said base plate; means to attach said base plate to said stake pocket; a rectangular attachment plate having a first edge, a length, a width, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a thickness; a connector, having the shape of an inverted T, attached to said bottom surface of said attachment plate wherein said inverted T shaped connector has a width of said second distance between said bottom surface of said attachment plate and said third distance below said bottom surface of said attachment plate, said inverted T shaped connector has a width of said fourth distance between said third distance below said attachment plate and said fifth distance below said bottom surface of said attachment plate, and said inverted T shaped connector extends said first distance from and perpendicular to said first edge and wherein the dimensions of said inverted T shaped connector and said groove in said base plate are sized to have sufficient clearance to allow said inverted T shaped connector to slide into said groove in said base plate thereby permitting said attachment plate to be joined to or separated from said base plate; indentations formed in said attachment plate and located to allow said ball plungers to protrude into said indentations after said attachment plate has been joined to said base plate thereby holding said attachment plate in place until it is desired to separate said attachment plate from said base plate; and means to attach an accessory to said attachment plate.