Twist lock accessory rack system
AssigneeExtang Corporation
InventorsMark Alan Hickey, Jerome Facchinello, Dan Delaney
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Abstract
An accessory rack system comprising a frame rail adapted to couple to a side wall of a cargo area and at least one post engageable with the frame rail. The frame rail comprises one or more frame rail locking features and a tonneau cover support portion adapted for supporting a tonneau cover over the cargo area. The at least one post comprises one or more post locking features extending from an end of the at least one post. One of the post locking features rotates into locking engagement with one of the frame rail locking features so that the at least one post is prevented from disengaging from the frame rail and/or prevented from longitudinal translation along the frame rail.
Claims16
An accessory rack system comprising:
- a frame rail adapted to couple to a side wall of a cargo area, the frame rail comprising:
- one or more frame rail locking features, and
- a tonneau cover support portion adapted for supporting a tonneau cover over the cargo area;
- at least one post engageable with the frame rails, the at least one post comprising one or more post locking feature extending from an end of the at least one post;
- and
- wherein one of the post locking features is inserted into one of the frame rail locking features in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the frame rail and, with rotation of the at least one post, rotates into locking engagement with the one of the frame rail locking features so that the at least one post is prevented from disengaging from the frame rail and/or prevented from longitudinal translation along the frame rail, and
- wherein the one or more frame rail locking features include a track extending at least partially the length of each of the frame rail and the one or more post locking features include a wedge extending from an end of the at least one post;
- and wherein the track accepts the wedge.
An accessory rack system comprising:
- a frame rail adapted to couple to a side wall of a cargo area, the frame rail comprising:
- one or more frame rail locking features, and
- a tonneau cover support portion adapted for supporting a tonneau cover over the cargo area;
- at least one post engageable with the frame rails, the at least one post comprising one or more post locking feature extending from an end of the at least one post;
- and
- wherein one of the post locking features rotates into locking engagement with one of the frame rail locking features so that the at least one post is prevented from disengaging from the frame rail and/or prevented from longitudinal translation along the frame rail;
- wherein the frame rail comprises a first frame rail locking feature and one or more second frame rail locking features;
- and
- the at least one post comprises a first post locking feature and a second post locking feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.