# US 11,077,888 B2 · Utility vehicle tray system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,888 B2 - Document ID: US11077888B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/071,045 - Filed: 2017-01-17 - Published: 2020-12-31 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-18 - Assignees: Berreny Pty Ltd - Applicants: Berreny Pty Ltd - Inventors: Min Zhu; Geoffrey Hung; Troy Marinier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077888B2 ## CPC - B62D 33/0207: {Connections of movable or detachable racks or stanchions to platforms} - B60P 7/0815: {Attachment rails or trellis} - B60P 7/135: Securing or supporting by load bracing means - B60R 9/06: at vehicle front or rear {(rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041)} - B62D 33/02: Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} - B62D 33/023: Sideboard or tailgate structures {(vehicle side panels in general B62D25/02)} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - 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) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A utility tray system including a coaming member located on each of two opposing sides of a tray body, each coaming member having at least one longitudinally extending channel, the channel having a longitudinally extending channel opening in communication with a longitudinally extending channel body, the channel body being wider in cross-section than the channel opening; wherein the channel body is adapted to receive a fastener which has a portion that is larger in cross sectional area than the channel opening, thereby preventing the fastener from being withdrawn from the channel opening; further wherein the fastener can be selectively secured to the coaming member at a selected longitudinal position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A utility tray system comprising: coaming members each located on each of two opposing sides of a tray body, each coaming member having at least one longitudinally extending channel, the channel having a longitudinally extending channel opening in communication with a longitudinally extending channel body, the channel body being wider in cross-section than the channel opening; wherein the channel body is adapted to receive a fastener which has a portion that is larger in cross sectional area than the channel opening, thereby preventing the fastener from being withdrawn from the channel opening; further wherein the fastener can be selectively secured to the coaming member at a selected longitudinal position; wherein the at least one channel comprises a first channel disposed in a raised portion of the coaming member that extends upwardly above a deck surface of the tray body, the first channel having a first channel opening facing upward and outwardly from the raised portion of the coaming member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The utility tray system of claim 1, wherein the at least one longitudinally extending channel comprises a second channel having a second channel opening that faces sideways toward a longitudinal centreline of the tray body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The utility tray system of claim 1, further comprising two sideboard panels each located on each of the two opposing sides of the tray body and outside of each of the coaming members. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The utility tray system of claim 3, wherein each of the sideboard panels has one or more corresponding like channels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The utility tray system of claim 4, wherein each sideboard panel has a first side and a generally parallel second side, wherein one channel is formed in the first side and two channels are formed in the second side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The utility tray system of claim 5, wherein two channels are located adjacent to each other on the first and second sides adjacent to an edge of each sideboard panel, furthest from a pivot edge of the sideboard panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The utility tray system of claim 6, wherein the at least one longitudinally extending channel comprises a third channel having a third channel opening facing downward. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The utility tray system of claim 6, wherein each sideboard panel is removable from the utility tray system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The utility tray system of claim 3, wherein each sideboard panel is removable from the utility tray system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The utility tray system of claim 9, wherein each sideboard panel is adapted to engage with the channel(s) formed on the sideboard panel with two trestle frames to define a work bench. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The utility tray system of claim 1 wherein each channel has a cross-sectional profile generally in the form of an isosceles trapezoid, a shorter side of two parallel sides of the trapezoid defining the channel opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The utility tray system of claim 11, wherein a longitudinally extending rectangular groove is located beneath a lower side of the trapezoid. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The utility tray system of claim 11, further comprising an engagement mechanism adapted to be selectively isolated longitudinally relative to the channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The utility tray system of claim 13, wherein the engagement mechanism includes a channel nut adapted to be located within the channel, the channel nut having a cross sectional profile in the form of an isosceles trapezoid, having two angled faces, wherein a surface of the channel nut corresponding to a shorter side of two parallel sides of the isosceles trapezoid of the cross-sectional profile is located between the two angled faces and includes a threaded hole adapted to receive a bolt, and the bolt is adapted to extend through the channel opening. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The utility tray system of claim 13 wherein the engagement mechanism includes a plow bolt, whereby a threaded stem portion of the plow bolt extends through the channel opening, and a head portion of the plow bolt is wider than the channel opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The utility tray system of claim 15, further comprising a tray deck, the tray deck being defined by a plurality of interlocking tongue and groove boards. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The utility tray system of claim 1, further comprising a ladder rack, the ladder rack having two arms and a central support member, each of the arms having a mounting portion adapted to be secured to one of the at least one channel of one of the coaming members with the fastener. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The utility tray system of claim 17, wherein the ladder rack central support member includes a first ladder rack channel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The utility tray system of claim 18, wherein the ladder rack central support member includes a second ladder rack channel on an opposing side of the ladder rack central support member relative to the first ladder rack channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The utility tray system of claim 1, further comprising a tray deck, the tray deck being defined by a plurality of interlocking tongue and groove boards.