Under-platform drawer for trucks

• US 5,125,710 A
• Filed: 05/14/1991
• Issued: 06/30/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gianelo, Angelo
• Original Assignee: Gianelo, Angelo
• Inventors: Gianelo, Angelo
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/699,733
• Time in Patent Office: 413 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.1, 296/37.6, 296/24.1, 414/522
• US Class Current: 296/37.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/02 at the sides, e.g. on running-board

Abstract

An under platform drawer adapted for mounting on a utility vehicle is disclosed. The drawer is adapted to increase the storage capability of the vehicle while not affecting the previously provided storage area. The drawer includes a pair of parallelly mounted guide tracks adapted to be secured orthogonally to the longitudinally extending frame members of the truck'"'"'s chassis. A pair of parallelly positioned guides are displaceably mounted on the guide tracks. A storage drawer is fixedly mounted to the guides whereby the drawer may be extended outwardly or returned inwardly along an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A storage container adapted for mounting under a platform of a truck, said storage container comprising:

two mounting tracks arranged parallel to and spacedly from one another, each said mounting track having a first mounting section configured to be securely positioned atop a longitudinal chassis frame member of said truck and below said truck'"'"'s platform, each said mounting track having a longitudinal axis positionable orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said longitudinal chassis frame member, each said mounting track having a second mounting section, mounted on a respective said first mounting section, oriented parallel to said first mounting section and positioned elevationally lower than said first mounting section;

two first rollers, each said first roller being rotatably mounted on a respective said first mounting section;

two second rollers, each said second roller being rotatably mounted on a free end of a respective said second mounting section, said second rollers being positioned elevationally lower than said first rollers;

two guide tracks, each said guide track having a first guide section and a second guide section, each said first guide section being positioned on a respective said first roller wherein said first guide section is displaceable along a respective said first section of a respective said mounting track, each said second guide section being positioned on a respective said second roller wherein said second guide section is displaceable along a respective said second section of a respective said mounting track; and

a container fixedly mounted to said two guide tracks to extend therebetween.

2. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein a cover plate is fixedly mounted to said mounting tracks to extend therebetween, said cover plate forming a cover for said container.

3. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein each said guide track comprises a linearly elongate first guide and a linearly elongate second guide, said second guide being mounted on said first guide, said first guide being positioned parallel to said second guide, said first guide being positioned elevationally above said second guide.

4. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein said first rollers are mounted on said first section proximate a connection of said first section with said second section.

5. The storage container according to claim 2, wherein said first guide is "C"-shaped in configuration.

6. The storage container according to claim 2, wherein said second guide is "C"-shaped in configuration.

7. The storage container according to claim 5, wherein each said first roller is rotatably positioned within a channel defined within a respective said first guide.

8. The storage container according to claim 6, wherein each said second roller is rotatably positioned within a channel defined within a respective said second guide.

9. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein at least one cross-member is mounted to said mounting tracks on their respective ends to retain said mounting tracks positioned parallel to one another.

10. The storage container according to claim 9, wherein said cross-member is mounted to said mounting tracks proximate a connection of said first section with said second section.

11. The storage container according to claim 10, wherein said cross-member is positioned to contact said container to form a stop therefor.

12. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein each first section comprises an elongate linear member having a longitudinal axis.

13. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein each said second section comprises an elongate linear member having a longitudinal axis.

14. The storage container according to claim 12, wherein each said second section comprises an elongate linear member having a longitudinal axis.

15. The storage container according to claim 14, wherein said longitudinal axis of said first section is oriented parallel to said longitudinal axis of said second section.