Truck load bed with side opening gull wing doors

An enclosure for protecting a load disposed upon a truck bed, the enclosure comprising:

• a truck bed to hold one or more items, the truck bed having a first end proximal to a truck cab and a second end distal to the truck cab;
• a front wall affixed to the proximal end of the truck bed and a rear wall affixed to the distal end of the truck bed;
• a main header member that runs along the length of the truck bed and connects the rear wall with the front wall to form a central mount point along a length of the truck bed that is disposed at a maximum height of the rear wall and the front wall;
• a passenger side gull wing door and a driver side gull wing door;
• a plurality of hinges affixed to the main header member to provide a movable joint on which the passenger side gull wing door and the driver side gull wing door are mounted;
• a pair of hydraulic lift cylinders, a given lift cylinder of the pair of lift cylinders operative to raise and lower a respective passenger side gull wing door or driver side gull wing door;
• a pair of weather resistant lips running along a passenger side of the rear wall and a driver side of the rear wall to engage with a lower portion of the passenger side gull wing door and a lower portion of the driver side gull wing door to seal any gap between the rear wall of the enclosure;
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• a drain trough attached below the main header member to collect precipitation that falls through a gap between the main header member and a given one of the passenger side gull wing door and the driver side gull wing door, whereby the drain trough flares towards the passenger side and the driver side as it approaches the rear wall and routes such precipitation through an internal structure of the rear wall.