Equipment storage and retrieval system
OwnerMark Patton, Kurt Baratsinventors
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Abstract
An equipment storage and retrieval system retrieves equipment from the back of pick-up trucks and other cargo carrying vehicles. A guide rail and a frame with attached rollers and equipment hold-downs, platforms or carts allow for easy access, retrieval, and storage of equipment in the bed of a vehicle. A frame extends out the back of a pickup for access to equipment, and folds into a vertical position for improved use of the pickup bed. A brake system prevents locks the sliding frame in place until the brake is released by a brake lever.
Claims12
An equipment storage and retrieval system for a vehicle, said vehicle having a bed with vertical sidewalls on opposing sides, with said sides having a top plate and wheel wells, said equipment storage and retrieval system comprising:
- a mounting pad with a front end and a rear end, a left side and a right side, said mounting pad configured for attachment to said vehicle bed, and removable from said vehicle bed;
- a guide rail mounted to said mounting pad on one side of said mounting pad, said guide rail aligned longitudinally from said front end to rear end of said mounting pad;
- at least one attachment post adapted to secure said guide rail to said mounting pad;
- a frame slidingly attached to said guide rail, and configured for longitudinal movement from front to back in said vehicle frame of said vehicle bed, said frame supported on one side by said guide rail, and on the other side by one or more rollers;
- a braking system attached to said frame, said braking system adapted to secure said frame in a selected position on said guide rail;
- wherein
- said frame is rotatably attached to said guide rail, with said frame rotatable between a first horizontal position resting on said mounting pad, and a second vertical position with said frame supported by said guide rail, with a latch adapted to hold said frame in said second position.
An equipment storage and retrieval system for a vehicle, said vehicle having a bed with vertical sidewalls on opposing sides, with said sides having a top plate and wheel wells, and said vehicle having a tail gate, said equipment storage and retrieval system comprising;
- a mounting pad with a front end and a rear end, with said rear end adjacent to said tail gate, with a left side and a right side and attachable to and removable from said vehicle bed by a mounting pad arm attached to said mounting pad and to a vehicle bed structure, for preventing said mounting pad from moving in said vehicle bed while retaining the removability of said mounting pad, and further attachable to said vehicle by at least one mounting pad side plate which is attached to said mounting pad and is extendable to contact a vehicle bed structure, for preventing said mounting pad from moving side to side in said vehicle bed;
- a guide rail mounted to said mounting pad on one side of said mounting pad, said guide rail aligned longitudinally from said front end to said rear end of said mounting pad;
- at least one attachment post adapted to secure said guide rail to said mounting pad;
- a frame slidingly attached to said guide rail, and configured for longitudinal movement from front to rear on said mounting pad in said vehicle bed, said frame supported on one side by said guide rail, and on the other side by one or more rollers;
- and
- a braking system attached to said frame, said braking system adapted to secure said frame in a selected position on said guide rail, said braking system comprising a braking handle and braking lever adapted to simultaneously release said braking mechanism and pull said frame toward a user, in which said braking system further comprises a brake which frictionally engages said guide rail until released by said braking handle and braking lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.