Patent ID: 6845894

Claim:
A side utility rack for trucks, comprising: front and rear cages each comprising: a generally “T”-shaped upper inner bracket having a vertically oriented sleeve and an outward extending receiving tube; a generally “T”-shaped upper outer bracket having a vertically oriented sleeve and an inward extending insert tube having dimensions for adjustable insertion within said outward extending receiving tube of said upper inner bracket; a generally “L”-shaped lower inner bracket having a vertically oriented connecting sleeve and an outward extending receiving tube; a generally “L”-shaped lower outer bracket having a vertically oriented sleeve and an inward extending insert tube having dimensions for adjustable insertion within said outward extending receiving tube of said lower inner bracket; a first pipe extending upward from said lower inner bracket and through said upper inner bracket; and a second pipe extending upward from said lower outer bracket and through said upper outer bracket; a generally “Y”-shaped attachment bracket corresponding to each said front and rear cages and having a vertical connecting sleeve and an inward extending connecting sleeve extending inward and upward from said vertical sleeve at an acute angle; and a hook bracket corresponding to each said generally “Y”-shaped attachment bracket having an outward curved hook corresponding to the size of a pipe rack length tube, said hook extending from a connecting sleeve; upper pipes extending upward at an angle from said inward extending sleeve of each said generally “Y”-shaped attachment bracket to each said corresponding hook bracket; said vertical connecting sleeve of said generally “Y”-shaped bracket being mounted on a corresponding inner vertical pipe of each said front and rear cage and spaced downward from said corresponding upper inner bracket; whereby said front and rear cages are suspended from a lengthwise upper tube of a pipe rack by hanging said hook portions of said hook brackets thereover, said upper pipe being of such length and said upward angle of said inward extending connecting sleeves of each said “Y”-shaped brackets that said front and rear cages extend downward along a sidewall of said truck.