Pressurization system and kit for pressurizing pickup truck bed closed at its top by a cover
AssigneeMaple Grove Plastics Inc.
InventorRandy Waldner
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Abstract
A pressurization system for pressurizing a covered bed of a pickup truck features an opening in the truck bed closed by a perforated grill and a duct extending from a vent at a rear of the cabin to the opening in the bed. The vent at the rear of the cabin communicates an inside of the cabin with an outside so that air inside is discharged to the outside. As such, the duct is disposed externally of the cabin and thus conveys to the covered bed the air which is discharged from the cabin through the vent.
Claims20
A pickup truck comprising:
- a frame having front and rear ends that is arranged for rolling movement across a support surface;
- a cabin arranged for housing occupants that is supported on the frame;
- a ventilator unit feeding an interior of the cabin with forced air;
- the cabin including a vent at a rear of the cabin by which the interior of the cabin is communicated with an exterior of the cabin so that the forced air inside the cabin is permitted to discharge from the cabin to the exterior thereof;
- a truck bed supported on the frame rearwardly of the cabin with a front wall at a front end of the bed, rear wall at a rear end of the bed, and side walls spanning therebetween on either side of the bed;
- a cover spanning between the front wall, the side walls, and the rear wall so as to close a top of the truck bed thus defining an enclosed container at the truck bed;
- the truck bed having existing openings through which ambient air is able to pass into the enclosed container;
- a pressurization system for pressurizing the enclosed container so as to prevent passage of the ambient air into the enclosed container comprising:
- an opening in the bed;
- a duct disposed externally of the cabin extending from the vent in the rear of the cabin to the opening in the bed for guiding the air discharged from the cabin through the vent into the enclosed container.
A kit for pressurizing a bed of a pickup truck that is closed with a cover, the pickup truck including:
- a frame having front and rear ends that is arranged for rolling movement across a support surface;
- a cabin arranged for housing occupants that is supported on the frame rearwardly of the compartment;
- a ventilator unit feeding an interior of the cabin with forced air;
- the cabin including a vent at a rear of the cabin by which the interior of the cabin is communicated with an exterior of the cabin so that the forced air inside the cabin is permitted to discharge from the cabin to the exterior thereof;
- the truck bed supported on the frame rearwardly of the cabin with a front wall at a front end of the bed, rear wall at a rear end of the bed, and side walls spanning therebetween on either side of the bed;
- a cover spanning between the front wall, the side walls, and the rear wall so as to close a top of the truck bed thus defining an enclosed container at the truck bed;
- the truck bed having existing openings through which ambient air is able to pass into the enclosed container;
- the kit comprising:
- a duct to be located externally of the cabin arranged to extend from the vent in the rear of the cabin to an opening formed in the bed for guiding the air discharged from the cabin through the vent into the enclosed container;
- whereby the enclosed container is pressurized by the air discharged from the cabin such that ambient air is prevented from passing into the enclosed container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.