Cargo hold assembly for a pickup truck cargo bed

An accessory mounting system for use in a cargo bed of a pickup truck, the accessory mounting system comprising:

• a cargo hold assembly including a base configured to be mounted to a side-wall portion of the cargo bed, the base including a plurality of registration bosses extending outward therefrom;
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• an adjustable rack assembly for releasable attachment to the cargo hold assembly, wherein the adjustable rack assembly is moveable between a first position that has a first cargo carrying capacity and a second position that has a second cargo carrying capacity, the second cargo carrying capacity being greater than the first cargo carrying capacity, the adjustable rack assembly having at least two registration cavities each of which is configured for releasable attachment to a corresponding registration boss of the plurality of registration bosses of the cargo hold assembly, wherein the corresponding registration bosses of the plurality of registration bosses and the at least two registration cavities provided on the adjustable rack assembly are configured to have corresponding shapes, dimensions, and relative orientations for mating engagement therebetween;
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• a locking mechanism having lock handles rotatably mounted on each of the plurality of registration bosses, wherein the lock handles are configured to be rotated between a first position for mounting the adjustable rack assembly onto the corresponding registration bosses on the base of the cargo hold assembly, and a second position for securing the adjustable rack assembly to the corresponding registration bosses on the base of the cargo hold assembly.

An accessory mounting system for use in a cargo bed of a pickup truck, the accessory mounting system comprising:

• a cargo hold assembly including a base configured to be mounted to a side-wall portion of the cargo bed, wherein the base includes a body having a polygonal frame having first, second, third and fourth corner segments, each of the first, second, third and fourth corner segments including a respective first, second, third and fourth registration boss, wherein a distance between any two adjacent registration bosses, taken either horizontally or vertically, is the same;
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• an accessory member for releasable attachment to the cargo hold assembly, the accessory member being configured to confer a cargo holding functionality to the cargo hold assembly, the accessory member having at least a first registration cavity and a second registration cavity for selective releasable attachment to each of
• a first pair of the first, second, third and fourth registration bosses that are horizontally adjacent, and
• a second pair of the first, second, third and fourth registration bosses that are vertically adjacent, such that the accessory member is mountable upon the base of the cargo hold assembly in each of a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation, and
• wherein the first and second registration cavities and the first and second pairs of the first, second, third and fourth registration bosses are configured to have corresponding shapes, dimensions, and relative orientations for mating engagement therebetween.