Integral storage container for pick-up truck

• US 5,316,358 A
• Filed: 02/06/1992
• Issued: 05/31/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chrysler Corporation (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Chrysler Corporation (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Ney, Clyde N., Payne, Phillip E.
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/832,067
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.6, 296/37.1, 296/24.1, 224/42.42
• US Class Current: 296/37.6
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/06 for tools or spare parts for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/00 Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like primarily intended for stowing loads in load-transporting vehicles B60P; arrangements for stowing spare wheels B62D43/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/00 Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like

Abstract

A storage container primarily for use as a tool or utility box for pick-up trucks. The container is located in the space between the rear wall of the truck cab and the front wall of the truck bed. The container is generally box-shaped with a mechanism to enable access within the container and a mechanism to releasably lock the container. The container also has a hollow lower bin with a mechanism to enable access to the bin. The lower bin can be used to store tools, small objects or containers of liquid which have a tendency to spill.

Claims

1. A storage container for a pick-up truck having a cab and a truck bed both secured to a frame, said storage container adapted to be secured between the cab and the truck bed comprising:

an overall box shaped member having means for enabling access within said box shaped member, said box shaped member having a rear wall abutting a front wall of the truck bed; and

means for securing said box shaped member to the frame between the cab and truck bed, wherein said box shaped member has a front wall abutting a rear wall of the cab.

2. The storage container according to claim 1 wherein said container includes at least one lower bin.

3. The storage container according to claim 2 wherein said lower bin is generally a box-shaped member having means for enabling access within said lower bin.

4. A storage container for a pick-up truck having a cab and a truck bed both secured to a frame, said storage container adapted to be secured between the cab and the truck bed comprising:

an overall box shaped member having means for enabling access within said box shaped member;

means for securing said box shaped member to the frame between the cab and truck bed, wherein said box shaped member has a front wall abutting a rear wall of the cab; and

means for attaching a luggage rack to said container.

5. The container according to claim 4 wherein said box shaped member includes a top lid, and further wherein said means for attaching said luggage rack to said container comprises a ribbing on said top lid.

6. A storage container adapted to be secured between a pick-up truck cab and a pick-up truck bed, said container comprising:

a front wall, a rear wall, a floor, a top lid, a pair of opposing vertical side panels;

a lower storage bin having means for enabling access to said bin associated with said floor;

means for locking said container top lid with said side panels; and

means for dividing said container into separate compartments.