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US 5,615,922 AGranted
Vehicle with side accessible cargo bed and storage compartments
AssigneeRoamer Corporation
InventorRaymond W. Blanchard
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AssigneeRoamer Corporation
InventorRaymond W. Blanchard
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A vehicle, such as a pick-up truck, having a cargo bed is provided with one or more openings which pass through side walls of the bed to provide access to the interior of the bed without the need to reach over the top edge of the side walls. Frames are disposed within the openings to line the peripheries thereof, the frames extending between inner and outer panels which make up the side walls. A hinged door is fitted to each opening to close of the opening when desired. Compartment covers may be installed inside of the bed to form storage compartments accessible through the openings. The storage compartments do not interfere with fitting of a cover or cap over the top of the bed, and are located so as to be compatible with other vehicle usages such as carriage of a bed-mounted camper unit or towing of a fifth-wheel trailer.
A vehicle having a bed defining a cargo carrying space, the bed comprising a floor and first and second spaced, parallel side walls, each side wall comprising inner and outer spaced panels, the vehicle characterized in that the bed further comprises:
A vehicle having a bed defining a cargo carrying space, the bed comprising:
A kit for modifying a vehicle having a bed defining a cargo carrying space, the bed having front and rear ends and a longitudinal centerline and comprising a floor and first and second spaced, parallel side walls, each side wall comprising inner and outer spaced panels, and having at least one opening passing through the inner and outer panels of at least one side wall, the kit comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.