Truck tool box
OwnerNevin R. Fletcherinventor
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Abstract
A tool and supply box suitable to mount upon the edge of a pickup truck bed wherein it is characterized particularly by extending over the upper edge of a pickup truck bed and having a side which encompasses the inner fender well of the pickup truck bed with drawers and compartments both above the bed and within a space between the fender well and the inner edge of the truck bed side. Also compartments are provided within the space between the fender well and the back of the cab of the truck.
Claims12
The combination with a pickup truck of a storage compartment mountable upon the upper edge of the side of a pickup truck and having an extension parallel with said upper edge and the bed of the said pickup truck for a distance comprising the width of a fender well within the bed of said pickup truck and having a perpendicular downwardly depending lip extending to the bed of the pickup truck and on the side of said fender well creating a lengthwise compartment between said fender well and the front of the bed of the pickup truck and the back of the bed of the pickup truck lengthwise over said fender well in such manner that the closed tailgate of pickup truck will prevent access to said compartment
Apparatus for providing storage space in cooperation with the bed of a pickup truck comprising in combination:
- a box having a bottom, two sides, two ends, and an openable top, said box being adapted to be fastened to the top of a side of the bed of a pickup truck;
- a compartment slidably mounted on the bottom of said box in a lengthwise manner such that the closed tailgate of the pickup truck will prevent access to said compartment, and extending inwardly from the side over the bed of said pickup truck a distance equal to the distance to the inner location of a fender well extending upwardly and into the bed of said pickup truck;
- a shield extending from the edge of said shelf along the length thereof downwardly at a perpendicular relationship to said shelf to the bed of said truck and enclosing the fender well and the space about it between the bed of the truck, the side of the bed of the truck, the front of the bed of the truck, and the rear of the bed of the truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.