Utility cage for a pickup truck

• US 5,147,103 A
• Filed: 08/26/1991
• Issued: 09/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wayne E. Ducote
• Original Assignee: Wayne E. Ducote
• Inventors: Ducote, Wayne E.
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/749,959
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.6, 296/24.1, 119/17, 119/18
• US Class Current: 296/37.6
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0272 Boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses especially adapted for transport in or on automobiles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/00 Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like

Abstract

A utility cage for a pickup truck comprising a top wall secured to the pickup truck and a rear wall pivotally secured to the top wall at one end thereof. The top wall and the rear wall when mounted on the pickup truck forming an enclosed cage with the floor of the truck bed, the truck bed side walls and the rear end of the truck cab. The rear wall is formed of the plurality of parallel members. Rotatable locking handles are secured to the top wall and extend through the real wall parallel members. The rotatable handles, when in a first position, enable the cage rear wall to pivot upward and when in a second position cause the rear wall to be locked in a generally vertical position.

Claims

1. A utility cage for a pickup truck having a truck cab, a back wall of said truck cab being adjacent a truck bed of said pickup truck, said truck bed containing side panels and a floor, said utility cage comprising:

a fixed top wall mounted on the side panels of said pickup truck and extending rearwardly from the back wall of said cab; and

a rear wall pivotally secured at the upper edge thereof to the rear edge of said top wall and forming an enclosed cage defined by the top wall, the rear wall, the truck bed side panels, the back wall of said truck cab and said truck floor bed.

2. A utility cage for a pickup truck in accordance with claim 1 wherein said rear wall contains a plurality of parallel members with rotatable locking handles secured to said top wall and extending through said parallel members, said handles when in a first position enabling said rear wall to pivot upwardly and when in a second position causing said rear wall to be locked in a generally vertical plane forming said enclosed cage.

3. A utility cage for a pickup truck in accordance with claim 2 and further comprises at least one fixed handle extending from said top wall to prevent said rear wall from moving from a vertical position toward said top wall bottom surface.

4. A utility cage in accordance with claim 1 wherein said top wall and said rear wall are formed of polyvinyl chloride hollow piping forming a liquid reservoir.