Patent ID: 8157229

Claim:
A bracket for adapting a side wall of a bed of an open bed vehicle to receive a rain-gutter tower comprising: a) a first horizontal member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; b) at least one clamp for removably attaching the first horizontal member to the sidewall; and c) an upright member extending upward from the first end of the first horizontal member and having a compound bend comprising an obtuse bend portion having an obtuse angle and a substantially right angle bend portion having a substantially right angle such that a plane of the upright member lies at a slightly acute inward-facing angle relative to a plane of the horizontal member, wherein the obtuse angle bend portion of the upright member extends directly from the horizontal member and the substantially right angle bend portion extends directly from an end of the obtuse angle bend portion opposite the horizontal member; wherein the upright member simulates a rain gutter of a vehicle and is shaped to receive the rain-gutter tower.