Patent ID: 7530618

Claim:
A vehicle cargo storage system for use with a vehicle having a load carrying bed and a pair of opposed bed walls that extend above the load carrying bed, comprising: a) a frame that is anchored to a vehicle at its load carrying bed and not anchored to either of the bed walls, the frame including a pair of longitudinal beams and a pair of transverse beams that define together a generally rectangular shape; b) the beams including at least one hollow beam with a hollow bore and a beam wall surrounding the bore, the beam wall having multiple attachment openings, and wherein one or more anchor bolts are removably attachable to the hollow beam at selected attachment openings; c) a cargo module affixable to the frame, the module including an upper deck and a lower cargo carrying receptacle; d) a plurality of accessories that optionally fit the cargo module including at least one accessory affixable to the upper deck and traveling between fore and aft positions thereupon and at least one accessory sized and shaped to fit the receptacle; and e) a plurality of tie down anchor bolts that are attachable to the frame when either there is no cargo module attached to the frame or when there is no accessory affixed to the module upper deck, at least some of the anchor bolts providing eyelets that accept tie down straps, and wherein each anchor bolt is connectable to a beam at a beam opening, an enlarged part of the anchor bolt occupying a position within the bore.