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US 6,186,571 B1Granted
Vehicle racking system
OwnerMalcolm Robert Burkeinventor
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Abstract
A racking system (10) for a pick up vehicle (21) including a pair of side frames (11) which are each mountable to an associated side wall (20) of the pick up vehicle (21) including one or more tie bars (16, 17, 18) and which side frames (11) are each pivotable about a longitudinal axis from an extended position to a lowered position and a pair of end frames (12) wherein each end frame (12) is releasably attachable to respective ends (37) of the pair of side frames (11) wherein the racking system (10) is self-bracing in the extended position.
Claims15
A racking system for a pick up vehicle including:
- (i) a pair of side frames which are each mountable to an associated side wall of the pick up vehicle wherein each side frame includes a pair of end uprights and including one or more tie bars interconnecting each of said end uprights and which side frames are each pivotable about a longitudinal axis from an extended to a lowered position;
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- (ii) a pair of end frames wherein each end frame is releasably attachable to respective ends of the pair of side frames wherein there is provided releasable attachment means between each end upright of the side frames and an adjacent end upright of each of the end frames, said releasable attachment means comprising telescopic engagement between said respective end uprights, wherein said racking system is self-bracing in the extended position, and wherein each end frame includes a pair of end uprights and one or more tie bars interconnecting said end uprights.
A racking system for a pick-up vehicle including:
- (i) a pair of side frames which are each mountable to an associated side wall of the pick up vehicle including a pair of end uprights and one or more tie bars interconnecting each of said end uprights and which side frames are pivotable from an extended position to a lowered position adjacent to and substantially parallel with the associated side wall;
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- (ii) a pair of end frames wherein each end frame is releasably attachable to respective ends of the pair of side frames wherein each end frame includes a pair of end uprights and one or more tie bars interconnecting said end uprights, wherein there is provided releasable attachment means between each end upright of the side frames and an adjacent end upright of each of the end frames, said releasable attachment means comprising telescopic engagement between said respective end uprights wherein said racking system is self bracing in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.