# US 2018/0022174 A1 · Headboard winch mount > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022174 A1 - Document ID: US20180022174A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/214,967 - Filed: 2016-07-20 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-20 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC; Joshua R. HEMPHILL; Jack MARCHLEWSKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022174A1 ## CPC - B60D 1/187: {characterised by the connection to the towing vehicle or to the trailer} - B60D 1/185: {comprising a cable or chain winding device (B60D1/38 takes precedence)} - B60P 1/64: the load supporting or containing element being readily removable ({B60P1/48 takes precedence}; caravan, camping, or the like vehicles characterised by living accommodation in the form of a removable body supported by the vehicle unit {B60P3/34}) - B66D 1/28: Other constructional details - B66D 1/36: Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains - B60P 1/00: Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading (vehicles for carrying harvested crops with means for self-loading or self-unloading A01D90/00; peculiar to refuse collecting-vehicles B65F; loading or unloading vehicles by means not incorporated therein B65G) - B60D: VEHICLE CONNECTIONS - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B66D: CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B) ## Abstract A bed for a pickup truck includes a floor, at least two sidewalls extending perpendicular to the floor on opposite sides of the floor, a headboard connected to and disposed between the sidewalls, a mount and a plate. The mount has a base including a face defining a plurality of holes, extending across the headboard. The mount is attached to the at least two sidewalls at a first and second end of the base. The plate is configured to support a winch on the base of the mount. The plate includes a bracket to slide on the face and is configured to secure the plate at any of the plurality of holes on the face between the first and second ends. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bed for a pickup truck comprising: a floor; at least two sidewalls extending perpendicular to the floor on opposite sides of the floor; a headboard connected to and disposed between the sidewalls; a mount having a base including a face defining a plurality of holes, extending across the headboard, and attached to the at least two sidewalls at a first and second end of the base; and a plate configured to support a winch on the base of the mount, the plate including a bracket to slide on the face and being configured to secure the plate at any of the plurality of holes on the face between the first and second ends. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bed of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two sidewalls further define pockets on an upper surface of the at least two sidewalls disposed at a distance from the floor such that the pockets are configured to receive the first and second ends. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bed of claim 2, wherein the first and second ends include first and second legs that extend substantially perpendicularly from the base to secure the base within the pockets. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bed of claim 1 further comprising a locking pin configured to extend through the bracket to the plurality of holes to secure the plate to the mount. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bed of claim 1 further comprising a cable roller defined within a tailgate disposed opposite the headboard and extending between the at least two sidewalls configured such that a cable extends between the tailgate and the headboard and being connected to the mount. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bed of claim 5, wherein the cable roller is configured to maintain the cable in a constant direction. ### Claim 7 A truck comprising: a bed defining a headboard between a first and second sidewall; and a mount attached to the first and second sidewalls and extending across the headboard, the mount having a base including a plurality of holes defined on a face of the base; and a plate having a bracket configured to slide along the base and attach to any of the plurality of holes via a locking pin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein the plurality of holes is defined equidistant from an axis defined by each of the plurality of holes across the face of the base from the first sidewall to the second sidewall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein the plurality of holes is defined such that each hole within the plurality of holes has an equal diameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein the plurality of holes is defined within a range on a section of a center portion of the face. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein the plurality of holes is defined within a range on a section of a left portion of the face. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein the plurality of holes is defined within a range on a section of a right portion of the face. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The truck of claim 7, wherein each hole of the plurality of holes is spaced at a different distance from each other hole in the plurality of holes such that a first distance between an axis of the center most hole and an axis of each of the directly adjacent holes is greater than a second distance defined between the axis of each of the adjacent holes to the center most hole and an axis of each of the remaining holes. ### Claim 14 A winch mount for a truck comprising: a base having a face defining a plurality of holes spaced across an entirety of the face between a first and second end; and a plate including a bracket having a slide defining a bore extending perpendicularly from the bracket, and parallel to the face to attach the plate to the base via any of the plurality of holes using a locking pin. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14, wherein each hole of the plurality of holes defines an axis such that the plurality of holes are spaced equidistant from each axis across the entirety of the face. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14, wherein each hole of the plurality of holes defines an axis such that a distance between each axis gradually decreases across the entirety of the face starting at the axis of the center most hole within the plurality of holes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14, wherein the locking pin has a first shaft and a second shaft extending substantially perpendicular from the first shaft and including a key and hole assembly such that the second shaft extends through the bore and one of the holes within the plurality of holes to secure the slide to the face using the key and hole assembly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14, wherein the locking pin defines a ball locking pin to secure the slide to the face. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14 further comprising a cable roller disposed within a tailgate being configured to maintain a straight and constant direction of a cable attached to a winch secured to the plate. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The winch mount of claim 14, wherein a diameter of the bore is substantially equal to a diameter of each hole within the plurality of holes.