Under-platform drawer for trucks
OwnerAngelo Gianeloinventor
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Abstract
An under platform drawer adapted for mounting on a utility vehicle is disclosed. The drawer is adapted to increase the storage capability of the vehicle while not affecting the previously provided storage area. The drawer includes a pair of parallelly mounted guide tracks adapted to be secured orthogonally to the longitudinally extending frame members of the truck's chassis. A pair of parallelly positioned guides are displaceably mounted on the guide tracks. A storage drawer is fixedly mounted to the guides whereby the drawer may be extended outwardly or returned inwardly along an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
Claims15
A storage container adapted for mounting under a platform of a truck, said storage container comprising:
- two mounting tracks arranged parallel to and spacedly from one another, each said mounting track having a first mounting section configured to be securely positioned atop a longitudinal chassis frame member of said truck and below said truck's platform, each said mounting track having a longitudinal axis positionable orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said longitudinal chassis frame member, each said mounting track having a second mounting section, mounted on a respective said first mounting section, oriented parallel to said first mounting section and positioned elevationally lower than said first mounting section;
- two first rollers, each said first roller being rotatably mounted on a respective said first mounting section;
- two second rollers, each said second roller being rotatably mounted on a free end of a respective said second mounting section, said second rollers being positioned elevationally lower than said first rollers;
- two guide tracks, each said guide track having a first guide section and a second guide section, each said first guide section being positioned on a respective said first roller wherein said first guide section is displaceable along a respective said first section of a respective said mounting track, each said second guide section being positioned on a respective said second roller wherein said second guide section is displaceable along a respective said second section of a respective said mounting track;
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- a container fixedly mounted to said two guide tracks to extend therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.