Pickup truck stake-pocket assemblies
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua R. HEMPHILL, Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, John COMIEZ
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Abstract
A pickup-truck box includes a bed and a sidewall connected to a longitudinal side of the bed. The sidewall includes an inner panel, an outer panel, and a top rail. The top rail defines a stake-pocket hole and extends between the panels to define a sidewall interior. A stake-pocket bracket includes a tubular body defining an opening. The bracket is disposed within the sidewall interior with a first side of the tubular body secured to the inner panel at a location that vertical aligns the opening with the hole to receive an object within the opening.
Claims20
A pickup-truck box comprising:
- a bed;
- a sidewall connected to a longitudinal side of the bed and including an inner panel, an outer panel, and a top rail defining a stake-pocket hole and extending between the panels to define a sidewall interior, the stake-pocket hole including an inboard periphery that is laterally offset from the inner panel;
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- a stake-pocket bracket including a tubular body defining an opening, wherein the bracket is disposed within the sidewall interior with a first side of the tubular body secured to the inner panel at a location that vertical aligns the opening with the hole to receive an object within the opening, and an inboard object-engaging surface of the body is laterally offset from the inner panel at a distance greater than or equal to the inboard periphery of the stake-pocket hole.
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A pickup-truck box comprising:
- a sidewall defining a stake-pocket hole in a top rail that spans inner and outer panels;
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- a stake-pocket bracket disposed inside the sidewall below the hole such that an object inserted into the hole is received within a tubular sleeve of the bracket, wherein the bracket is formed of extruded metal and the sleeve includes an inboard side having a part engaging surface that is outboard of the inner panel.
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A pickup truck comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a box supported by the frame and including a header, a pair of longitudinal sidewalls extending rearwardly from the header, and a bed connected to the header and sidewalls, wherein at least one of the sidewalls includes:
- inner and outer panels spaced apart to define an interior,
- a top rail spanning the inner and outer panels, the top rail defining a stake-pocket hole providing access into the interior, the stake-pocket hole including a periphery having an inboard side, and
- a bracket disposed in the sidewall and including a sleeve having an inboard part engaging surface configured to engage an inboard surface of an elongate member received in the sleeve, wherein a distance between the inner panel and the inboard engaging surface is greater than or equal to a distance between the inner panel and the inboard side of the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.