US 2026/0242012 A1Published application

Truck bed system with raisable platform

OwnerDonald R. Palumbo, Randy Lucketteinventors

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Abstract

The present invention provides a truck bed system with a plurality of independently powered actuators which can raise a raisable platform and allow the platform to tilt front-to-back, back-to-front, or side to side. The truck bed raisable platform includes a left and right rail assembly which allows the platform to slide in and out and can include a plurality of upper and lower rollers. The rail assemblies can include locking mechanisms to prevent the raisable platform from sliding or sliding too far in or out. The raisable platform can also be manually pivoted in an upward direction allowing full access to the truck bed and includes a pivot locking mechanism. The plurality of actuators can be attached to the truck bed floor, the truck bed walls or integrated into the space within the truck bed side walls.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A powered raisable platform system for a vehicle comprising:

a plurality of powered actuators, wherein each of the plurality of powered actuators has a motor;
each of the plurality of powered actuators having an actuator mount configured to connect the powered actuator to the vehicle;
each of the plurality of powered actuators having a platform connector configured to connect the powered actuator to a rigid weight bearing platform;
the rigid weight bearing platform configured to fit in a cargo area of the vehicle and to move in a vertical direction above a cargo floor of the vehicle;
the motor of each of the plurality of powered actuators connected to a power source through a bi-directional control device;
and
wherein, the bidirectional control device when activated in a first direction enables the motor of each of the plurality of powered actuators to move the powered actuators in the first direction;
and
wherein as the plurality of powered actuators move in the first direction the rigid weight bearing platform moves in the first direction;
a left side of the rigid weight bearing platform is connected to at least one left side powered actuator by a left structural rail assembly;
a right side of the rigid weight bearing platform is connected to at least one right side powered actuator by a right structural rail assembly;
and
wherein the left structural rail assembly and right structural assembly allow the rigid weight bearing platform to move in and out of the cargo area or the vehicle.

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A powered raisable platform system for a truck bed comprising:

a rigid weight bearing platform shaped to fit within the truck bed;
a left front powered actuator positioned in a left front location in the truck bed, wherein the left front powered actuator has a motor;
a left rear powered actuator positioned in a left rear location in the truck bed, wherein the left rear powered actuator has a motor;
a right front powered actuator positioned in a right front location in the truck bed, wherein the right front powered actuator has a motor;
a right rear powered actuator positioned in a right rear location in the truck bed, wherein the right rear powered actuator has a motor;
a left front connector for connecting the left front powered actuator to a left front connection point on the rigid weight bearing platform;
a left rear connector for connecting the left rear powered actuator to a left rear connection point of the rigid weight bearing platform;
a right front connector for connecting the right front powered actuator to a right front connection point of the rigid weight bearing platform;
a right rear connector for connecting the right rear powered actuator to a right rear connection point of the rigid weight bearing platform;
a left front actuator mount for connecting the left front powered actuator to a left front truck bed connection point;
a left rear actuator mount for connecting the left rear powered actuator to a left rear truck bed connection point;
a right front actuator mount for connecting the right front powered actuator to a right front truck bed connection point;
a right rear actuator mount for connecting the right rear powered actuator to a right rear truck bed connection point;
a bi-directional control device connected to each motor;
and
wherein, the bidirectional control device when activated in a first direction enables each motor to raise each powered actuator in a first direction;
wherein as each powered actuator moves in the first direction the rigid weight bearing platform moves in the first direction;
a left side of the rigid weight bearing platform is connected to the left front powered actuator and the left rear powered actuator by a left structural rail assembly;
a right side of the rigid weight bearing platform is connected to the right front powered actuator and the right rear powered actuator by a right structural rail assembly;
and
wherein the left structural rail assembly and right structural rail assembly allow the rigid weight bearing platform to slide in and out of the truck bed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.