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US 12,668,169 B2Granted
Bed anchor
OwnerBrian Goldwitzinventor
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Abstract
The current invention is a bed anchor that is used to secure items in a vehicle's bed. It is comprised of a flexible anchor that can be positioned between the bed and a tailgate. It is made of a flexible soft material. It can be a solid anchor or a bag or net filled with a soft fluid material like plastic or rubber balls or sand or packing material. A bed anchor needs to not be hard so not the scratch or dent the vehicle when being used to store items.
Claims19
A device, comprising:
- a bed anchor comprising an anchoring base with a securing band extending from the top of the anchoring base and connected to said anchoring base where the securing band has a securing means at the end not connected to said anchoring base where the anchoring base is comprised of a bag and a compressible fill material where the fill material is configured to move within the bag and defines means for holding the device securely between a vehicle bed and a closed tailgate.
A process to secure an item in a truck bed, comprising:
- Using a bed anchor comprising an anchoring base which is comprised of a bag and fill material with a securing band connected to said anchoring base where the securing band has a securing means at an end,
- wherein when a tailgate is closed, the bag is positioned below the tailgate with the securing band running from the bag through the opening between the tailgate and a bed of a vehicle when the tailgate is closed, and
- opening the tailgate which secures the bag having the tailgate compress the bag, and
- holding an item in place by attaching it to the securing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.