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US 2010/0301081 A1Published application
Boat rack for pick-up trucks
OwnerMichael P. DeGroot, Matthew R. DeGrootinventors
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Abstract
A boat rack for use with a pick-up truck that will facilitate positioning and support of a small boat over the bed of the truck and onto the truck cab; the rack is inexpensive, lightweight and easy to assemble, disassemble and to put on or to remove from a pick-up truck bed; whereby a small boat placed on the rack and vehicle cab is readily tied down and secured in place while leaving sufficient clearance in the truck bed to permit positioning of one or more land vehicles in the truck bed to be transported simultaneously with the boat.
Claims3
A boat rack for use with a pick-up truck comprising
- a pair of elongate rear support legs, each including a first end to fit in a rear corner of a pick-up truck bed;
- a first spacer member interconnecting said other ends of said rear support legs;
- a pair of side supports each having one end secured to a second end of a rear leg having a first end in a rear corner of the truck bed;
- another spacer member interconnecting other ends of said side members remote from the ends of said side members connected to said rear legs;
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- a diagonal brace interconnecting each rear support leg and said connected side support and extending from an intermediate portion of said rear leg to an intermediate portion of said side member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.