Pickup truck basement box
OwnerDoug DeBerti, Brad DeBertiinventors
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Abstract
A drawer assembly is provided for mounting beneath the bed of a truck and between the truck frame rails. The assembly includes a housing with an extendable and retractable drawer. The drawer may be mounted to the rear bumper of the truck so that the drawer and bumper move together between open and closed positions. Alternatively, the rear bumper, or portion thereof, may be moved out of the way of the drawer, which can then be opened and closed. The drawer can be opened manually, or alternatively, by remote control. The drawer assembly is hidden from view when closed and provides easy access for small objects when opened.
Claims18
A drawer assembly for a pick-up truck having laterally spaced frame members, a bed mounted on the frame members, and a rear bumper, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a box having a closed top, a closed bottom, closed opposite sides, a closed forward end, and an open rearward end, the box being mountable to the truck beneath the bed and between the frame members;
- a drawer slidably mounted for longitudinal movement into and out of the box through the open rear end of the box;
- brackets on the sides of the box for mounting to the truck frame members such that the box extends below the truck frame members;
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- whereby the drawer moves rearwardly to open and moves forwardly to close;
- the rear bumper pivoting away from the drawer about an axis located at a lower edge of the bumper to allow the drawer to be pulled rearwardly to open.
A drawer assembly for a truck having longitudinal frame members, a bed on top of the frame members, and a rear bumper, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer residing beneath the bed;
- a housing mounted to the frame members so as to reside between and below the frame members and beneath the bed;
- the bumper pivoting about a horizontal axis along a bottom edge of the bumper between opened and closed positions;
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- the drawer being longitudinally movable from a rearwardly open position when the bumper is opened wherein the drawer is spaced behind the bed and a forwardly closed position wherein the drawer is inside the housing so that the bumper can be closed.
In combination, a pickup truck bed mounted to longitudinally extending frame members, a pickup truck rear bumper, a hitch receiver below the bumper, and a drawer assembly, the combination comprising:
- a drawer housing mounted to the frame members;
- a drawer slidably mounted in the housing for movement between a forward closed position and a rearward open position;
- the rear bumper being mounted rearwardly of the drawer and having a central portion pivotally mounted for movement about a horizontal axis at a lower-most edge of the rear bumper, the lower-most edge being above the hitch receiver, between a first raised position when the drawer is in the closed position and a second lowered position when the drawer is in the open position;
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- the drawer being longitudinally movable from a rearwardly open position wherein the drawer is spaced behind the bed and a forwardly closed position wherein the drawer is inside the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.