Chain box

For use in the storage of a hold-down chain beneath a load bed, a storage box with a chain-receiving interior, said box comprising a bottom, a rear wall projecting upward from said bottom, opposed laterally spaced side walls projecting upward and diverging relative to each other from said bottom, said side walls extending forward and converging relative to each other from said rear wall, said rear and side walls having upper edges, mounting means for securing said box to an overlying support, a front wall projecting upward from said bottom in forwardly spaced relation to said rear wall and extending between said side walls, said front wall being of a height upward from said bottom less than the height of said rear wall, each side wall having a rear portion whereat said side wall upper edge is at generally equal height and defines a common plane with said rear wall upper edge, each side wall having a forward portion whereat said side wall upper edge is of generally equal height with said front wall, said front wall and said forward portions of said side walls defining an upwardly opening mouth to said box interior, said bottom diverging downward relative to said plane of said rear wall upper edge from said front wall to said rear wall, and said bottom being progressively wider from said front wall to said rear wall.