Truck Storage Box
OwnerMiles E. Jorgensoninventor
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Abstract
A storage box includes steps thereon for access to a rear deck of a highway truck tractor. A pivotally mounted front door panel selectively spans an access opening at the front of the storage box and supports a middle step thereon for movement with the front door panel between open and closed positions across the access opening. A lower step and an upper step are supported fixedly on the storage box respectively below and above both the front opening and middle step. The configuration of the steps maximises the access opening covered by the front door panel for easy access to the interior of the storage box while furthermore permitting ergonomic spacing of the steps relative to one another so that users can ascend and descend the steps with a safe, comfortable, and uniform stride.
Claims16
A storage box for mounting on a truck, the storage box comprising:
- a main body including a bottom wall, a rear wall, and side walls surrounding a hollow interior of the body and a front opening opposite the rear wall for providing access to the hollow interior of the body;
- a front door panel pivotally supported on the main body for movement between a closed position spanning the front opening and an open position in which the front opening is substantially unrestricted;
- a lower step supported below the front opening;
- a middle step supported on the front door panel for movement with the door panel between the open position and the closed position, the middle step being positioned above the lower step in alignment therewith in the closed position of the front door panel;
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- an upper step supported above the middle step in alignment with the lower and middle steps in the closed position of the front door panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.