Modular load support and attachment apparatus and system for a vehicle

Abstract

The apparatus and system for supporting and attaching loads on a vehicle, is adapted for installation on side walls of pick up truck beds, providing discrete attachment points for ratcheting straps and the like for securing the loads. The attachment points include attachment slots incorporated along rails on or incorporated with the tops of the walls. The rails can be integrated into a cap structure mounted on or integrated with the upper surface of the wall, or formed in the wall when manufactured, and the rails can extend along all or a part of the length of the wall. If mounted on the top of a wall, the rail can be permanently or removably integrated with the cap structure, and mounted in a variety of manners, including with fasteners or clamps, such as in existing stake holes.

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