Truck accessory
Assignee2546805 Ontario Inc.
InventorsMark West, Richard Dubeau, Robert G. Dickie
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Abstract
A truck accessory tool includes a handle and a generally planar end plate. The end plate is configured to be positioned adjacent a box or a bag located in a truck bed. The truck accessory tool enables the box or bag to be pulled out of the truck bed by contacting the box or bag while pulling the tool rearwardly. The truck accessory tool additionally enables the box or bag to be pushed into the truck bed by contacting the box or bag while pushing the tool forwardly.
Claims17
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The truck accessory of claim 7, wherein the end plate is sized to be positioned forwardly from the one of the box, bag, and bulk material to pull the one of the box, bag, and bulk material rearwardly while the end plate maintains contact with the one of the box, bag, and bulk material.
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A truck accessory comprising:
- a first end opposite a second end defining a longitudinal direction therebetween;
- an end plate adjacent the first end of the truck accessory;
- a handle defining the second end of the truck accessory and the handle is connected to the end plate, wherein the handle length is sized to reach to adjacent a forward end of a truck bed so as to effectuate the removal of one of a box, bag, and bulk material from the truck bed;
- a hook connected to the end plate having a collapsed first position of the hook and an extended second position of the hook, wherein the hook is movable between the first position and the second position, and the hook including a central portion and two linear extensions of the hook defining a U-shaped configuration of the hook;
- a pivot axis, wherein the hook pivots about the pivot axis from the first position to the second position;
- a first lobe extending towards the second end from a major surface of the end plate;
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- a second lobe extending towards the second end from the major surface, wherein the pivot axis extends transversely through the first lobe and transversely through the second lobe.
A system for effectuating the removal and placement of a box and a bag from a truck bed via an elongated truck accessory tool having a handle, which is lengthwise sized to extend to adjacent a forward end of the truck bed, and having an end plate connected to a forward end of the handle for engaging the end plate with the box so as to enable the box to be pulled rearwardly out of the truck bed when a tailgate is lowered and pushed forwardly to the front of the truck bed, and having a hook connected to the end plate for hooking a strap on the bag so as to enable the bag to be pulled rearwardly out of the truck bed by the strap when the tailgate is lowered, wherein the hook is movable about a pivot axis between a collapsed first position and an extended second position and the pivot axis is parallel to the end plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.