US 5,634,577 AGranted

Open bottom crossover tool box insert

OwnerJames C. Pearson, Jr., Callie N. Pearsoninventors

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Abstract

A truck storage box device for use in the bed of a pick-up truck, having a bottom, and a plurality of interconnected sides extending upward from the periphery of the bottom which intersect to provide an open top for access to the interior formed between the bottom and the sides. The bottom and sides form an open container in which a plurality of spaced pairs of opposed, elongated rails extend horizontally along opposite interior wall portions thereof in a spaced relationship with the bottom. Each pair of opposed rails is arranged to slidably receive and support a number of elongated trays thereon. Each of the trays is arranged to extend between pairs of opposed rails. Collectively, the pairs of opposed rails form a vertical array in which a number of trays can be supported on each pair of opposed rails in a vertically stacked arrangement from which one or more intermediate trays may selectively be slid horizontally from within the stacked vertical arrangement for access to their particular contents. The box may be placed within a tool storage box, or a pair of spaced brackets may be provided which extend outwardly from the container for attaching the container to the bed of the pick-up truck, and hold the storage box in place in the bed of truck.

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Dependent claims

A combination crossover tool box having an organizational insert for installment in the bed of a pick-up truck which includes a passenger cabin;

said combination comprising:
a crossover tool box installable in the bed of a pick-up truck in a cross wise orientation adjacent to a rear window of the passenger cabin, said tool box having four tool box walls, a tool box bottom and a tool box lid that collectively define an interior compartment of said toot box;
a tool box insert having an insert body that includes four walls, said four walls establishing an interior and an exterior of said insert body;
said tool box insert being positioned within said interior compartment of said tool box, said exterior of said insert body being configured so that at least three sides of said insert are located closely to interior sides of said tool box with a minimum clearance provided therebetween to facilitate the installation and removal of said insert from within said tool box;
said four walls of said tool box insert including a front wall, a back wall, a right-side wall and a left-side wall;
said insert body having an open top side and a substantially open bottom side;
said front wall including at least one backwardly extending elevated front rail projecting into said interior of said insert body and having a substantially horizontal top supporting surface, and said back wall including at least one forwardly extending elevated back rail projecting into said interior of said insert body and having a substantially horizontal top supporting surface;
each of said elevated front and back rails having a brace positioned between a distal end of said rail and said wall from which said rail projects thereby bracing said top supporting surface in a substantially horizontal position against downward forces applied to said supporting surface;
and
a bottom front track coupled to a lower end of said front wall so that said front track extends backwardly toward said back wall thereby establishing a substantially horizontal first top track supporting surface within a bottom portion of said insert's interior, and a bottom back track coupled to a lower end of said back wall so that said back track extends forwardly toward said front wall thereby establishing a substantially horizontal second top track supporting surface within said bottom portion of said insert's interior.

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A combination crossover tool box with an organizational insert adapted to be installed in the bed of a pick-up truck which includes a passenger cabin;

said combination comprising:
a crossover tool box having four tool box walls, a tool box bottom and a tool box lid that collectively define an interior compartment of said tool box;
a tool box insert having an insert body that includes four walls, said four walls establishing an interior and an exterior of said insert body;
said tool box insert being positioned within said interior compartment of said tool box, said exterior of said insert body being configured so that at least three sides of said insert are located closely to interior sides of said tool box with a minimum clearance provided therebetween to facilitate the installation and removal of said insert from within said tool box;
said tool box and insert combination adapted to be installed in the bed of a pick-up truck in a cross wise orientation adjacent to a rear window of the passenger cabin so that a length of said tool box is oriented transversely to a straight forward direction of travel of the pick-up truck;
said four walls of said tool box insert including a front wall, a back wall, a right-side wall and a left-side wall;
said insert body having an open top side and a substantially open bottom side;
said front wall including at least one backwardly extending elevated front rail projecting into said interior of said insert body and having a substantially horizontal top supporting surface, and said back wall including at least one forwardly extending elevated back rail projecting into said interior of said insert body and having a substantially horizontal top supporting surface;
each of said elevated front and back rails having a brace positioned between a distal end of said rail and said wall from which said rail projects thereby bracing said top supporting surface in a substantially horizontal position against downward forces applied to said supporting surface;
and
a bottom front track coupled to a lower end of said front wall so that said front track extends backwardly toward said back wall thereby establishing a substantially horizontal first top track supporting surface within a bottom portion of said insert's interior, and a bottom back track coupled to a lower end of said back wall so that said back track extends forwardly toward said front wall thereby establishing a substantially horizontal second top track supporting surface within said bottom portion of said insert's interior.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.