Multi positionable rack for a pick up truck bed

• US 20040134953A1
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carlos Valadez Perez
• Original Assignee: Carlos Valadez Perez
• Inventors: Perez, Carlos Valadez
• Application Number:
  US10/339,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20040134953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/403
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/40 for carrying long loads, e.g. with separate wheeled load supporting elements E04G21/14 takes precedence; signal devices to be attached to overhanging load B60Q7/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/00 Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like

Abstract

A pick up truck utility rack, includes a curved crossbar of sufficient size to substantially reach opposite ends of a truck bed, each crossbar end being attached to a pivotal locking means designed to be installed on a pick up truck bed and that allows the crossbar to be tilted and securely locked at a plurality of angular positions limited only by the mass and shape of the vehicle. Said pivotal locking means are locked and unlocked by turning a screw with a provided knob.

Claims

1. ) An utility rack to be installed on a pick up truck bed comprising:

a) at least one curved crossbar of sufficient length to substantially reach opposite ends of a truck bed.

b) a pivotal locking means fixed to each curved crossbar end that enables it to be tilted and locked at a plurality of angular positions

c) Means for joining said pivotal locking means to a pick up truck bed.

2. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said bent crossbar is composed of a plurality of parts.

3. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said means for joining a pivotal locking means to a pick up truck bed is a rail or track bolted atop a truck bed side

4. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said bent crossbar has a plurality of perforations provided as accessory attachment means.

5. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said pivotal locking means is composed of a pair of grooved discs facing each other. One of them is fixed to the truck bed and a second one is fixed to a crossbar end and can be pivoted and locked at a plurality of angular positions by turning a screw that turns inside a grooved perforation in the center of the grooved disc that is fixed to the truck bed.

6. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said means for joining a pivotal locking means to a pick up truck bed is an extruded metal angle of sufficient length to almost reach opposite ends of a truck bed wall

7. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said curved crossbar is made with a hollow steel or aluminum tube of sufficient strength and shaped substantially like an squared inverted “

U”

having two vertical legs that run upwardly and inwardly and are curved at approximately the truck cab height forming an horizontal beam.

8. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said means for joining a pivotal locking means to a pick up truck bed is an element of sufficient length to almost reach opposite ends of a truck bed wall . In this case a pair of base rails whose horizontal surfaces are affixed atop opposite bed side walls are used. Their vertical surfaces sit against the side walls and are designed as a rail and guide with evenly spaced perforations or teeth where a mounting plate for the pivotable locking means can be moved longitudinally, positioned and fixed to using the holes or teeth that better suit the needs of the user.

9. ) The utility rack of claim 1, wherein said rotatable grooved disc turns by means of a motorized apparatus.