Truck rack having replaceable decorative inserts
AssigneeXtreme Metal Fab., Inc.
InventorsRon Storer, Peter Kekich, David Ward
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Abstract
A customizable truck rack is provided that is mountable to a cargo bed of a vehicle, which cargo bed includes opposing side walls. The rack comprises: at least one decorative insert; opposing vertical members, whose bottom ends may be mounted to the side walls; and a horizontal member that is attachable intermediate top ends of the vertical members. The insert defines a peripheral edge and includes a decorative face. The vertical members each include an insert bay that is sized and configured to secure at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the insert thereto. Further, at least a portion of the decorative face of the insert is exposed upon being secured to the insert bay.
Claims20
A decorative insert for a customizable truck rack, the rack including opposing vertical support members and a horizontal crossbar member, the vertical support members defining bottom and top ends, the bottom ends being attachable to opposing side walls of a cargo bed of a vehicle, the horizontal crossbar member being attachable to the top ends of the vertical support members, the vertical support members each including an insert bay, the insert comprising:
- a sheet defining a peripheral edge and a decorative face, at least a portion of the peripheral edge being cooperatively securable to the insert bay of the vertical member, the sheet being positionable with the decorative face being exposed.
A vertical support member for a customizable truck rack, the vertical support member comprising:
- a body defining bottom and top ends, the bottom end being attachable to opposing side walls of a cargo bed of a vehicle, the top end being attachable to a horizontal crossbar member;
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- an insert bay being disposed in the body of the vertical support member, the insert bay being sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the decorative insert for cooperatively securing the insert thereto.
A customizable truck rack being mountable to a cargo bed of a vehicle, the cargo bed including opposing side walls, the rack comprising:
- at least one decorative insert defining a peripheral edge and including a decorative face;
- opposing vertical members defining bottom and top ends, the bottom ends being attachable to the side walls of the cargo bed, the vertical members each including an insert bay being sized and configured to secure at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the insert thereto with at least a portion of the decorative face of the insert being exposed;
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- a horizontal member being attachable to the top ends of the vertical members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.