# US 10,245,721 B1 · Truck accessory > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,721 B1 - Document ID: US10245721B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/719,842 - Filed: 2017-09-29 - Published: 2019-04-04 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29 - Assignees: 2546805 Ontario Inc. - Applicants: 2546805 Ontario Inc. - Inventors: Mark West; Richard Dubeau; Robert G. Dickie - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245721B1 ## CPC - B25J 1/04: rigid, e.g. shelf-reachers {(without grippers A47F13/06)} - A47F 13/06: Reaching devices (having gripping means B25J) - B60P 1/00: Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading (vehicles for carrying harvested crops with means for self-loading or self-unloading A01D90/00; peculiar to refuse collecting-vehicles B65F; loading or unloading vehicles by means not incorporated therein B65G) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) ## Abstract A truck accessory tool includes a handle and a generally planar end plate. The end plate is configured to be positioned adjacent a box or a bag located in a truck bed. The truck accessory tool enables the box or bag to be pulled out of the truck bed by contacting the box or bag while pulling the tool rearwardly. The truck accessory tool additionally enables the box or bag to be pushed into the truck bed by contacting the box or bag while pushing the tool forwardly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A truck accessory comprising: a first end opposite a second end defining a longitudinal direction therebetween; an end plate adjacent the first end of the truck accessory; a handle defining the second end of the truck accessory and the handle is connected to the end plate, wherein the handle length is sized to reach to adjacent a forward end of a truck bed so as to effectuate the removal of one of a box, bag, and bulk material from the truck bed; a hook connected to the end plate having a collapsed first position of the hook and an extended second position of the hook, wherein the hook is movable between the first position and the second position, and the hook including a central portion and two linear extensions of the hook defining a U-shaped configuration of the hook; a pivot axis, wherein the hook pivots about the pivot axis from the first position to the second position; a first lobe extending towards the second end from a major surface of the end plate; and a second lobe extending towards the second end from the major surface, wherein the pivot axis extends transversely through the first lobe and transversely through the second lobe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, wherein the end plate is sized to be positioned forwardly from the one of the box, bag, and bulk material to pull the one of the box, bag, and bulk material rearwardly while the end plate maintains contact with the one of the box, bag, and bulk material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, further comprising: a support member extending from a connection with the end plate, wherein the support member receives the handle therein. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The truck accessory of claim 3, further comprising a first rib connected to the support member and the major surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The truck accessory of claim 4, further comprising an additional rib extending from the major surface in an arcuate manner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, wherein the first lobe defines a transversely aligned bore that is L-shaped in cross-section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, further comprising: an extension member on the end plate extending vertically above a curved surface on the first lobe, wherein the extension member is located between the first and second lobes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The truck accessory of claim 7, further comprising: a first tapered edge intermediate the first lobe and the first side, wherein an obtuse angle is formed between the first tapered edge and the first side. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, further comprising: a lower edge of the end plate; and a lip projecting from adjacent the lower edge, wherein the lip is shaped to orient a major surface of the end plate at an acute angle relative to a floor of the truck bed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The truck accessory of claim 1, further comprising: an annular flange circumscribing a support member configured to receive the handle therein; a first rib extending outwardly from the annular flange towards the first side; and a second rib extending out early from the annular flange towards the second side. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The truck accessory of claim 10, further comprising wherein the first rib and second rib each have an L-shaped configuration with a first leg contacting the support member and a second leg contacting a major surface of the end plate. ### Claim 12 A system for effectuating the removal and placement of a box and a bag from a truck bed via an elongated truck accessory tool having a handle, which is lengthwise sized to extend to adjacent a forward end of the truck bed, and having an end plate connected to a forward end of the handle for engaging the end plate with the box so as to enable the box to be pulled rearwardly out of the truck bed when a tailgate is lowered and pushed forwardly to the front of the truck bed, and having a hook connected to the end plate for hooking a strap on the bag so as to enable the bag to be pulled rearwardly out of the truck bed by the strap when the tailgate is lowered, wherein the hook is movable about a pivot axis between a collapsed first position and an extended second position and the pivot axis is parallel to the end plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the end plate is configured to operate in at least two modes to remove the box from the truck bed, wherein when the end plate is deployed in a first mode a bottom edge on the end plate is position forwardly and adjacent a top edge on the box during the pulling of the box, and wherein when the end plate is deployed in a second mode a side edge on the end plate is positioned forwardly adjacent a side edge in the box during the pulling of the box.