Sideboard bracket
OwnerRonald D. Hanschinventor
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Abstract
A bracket that is suitable for attachment to the rails of a pick-up truck or dump truck cargo body has attachment holes that support two perpendicular rails in orthogonal arrangement with respect to a cargo box railing or surface. The brackets are readily formed from low cost materials and may be stamped and formed with a minimum number of processing steps using a preferred method of the invention. When used in combination with existing cargo and dump boxes and other cargo carrying vehicles, the brackets extend the utility of the vehicle and offer a faster recovery of capital.
Claims9
In combination a plurality of sideboard brackets for mounting supporting planks of varying or diverse thickness onto a transport vehicle having a dump box and rigidly supporting said planks in an orthogonal orientation relative to each other and a dump box top rail while supporting a load against said supporting planks and said brackets when said dump box is in a transport position and further allowing dumping of said load from said transport vehicle between ones of said plurality of sideboard brackets when said dump box is in a dumping position, comprising:
- a front bracket having a corner point where three orthogonal planar surfaces converge, a first one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a first vertical wall extending vertically and longitudinally of said transport vehicle and a second one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a second vertical wall extending vertically and transverse of said transport vehicle, said first and second ones of said three orthogonal planar surfaces further comprising attachment points to which said supporting planks may be rigidly mounted, said third orthogonal planar surface comprising a horizontal base forming an “L” shape having first and second legs, said first leg which extends longitudinally farther than in a transverse direction and said second leg which extends farther transversely than longitudinally, said third orthogonal planar surface further comprising attachment points for attachment to said transport vehicle;
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- a tailgate bracket having a corner point where three orthogonal planar surfaces converge, a first one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a first vertical wall having a height, a width parallel to said vehicle longitudinal axis and a thickness, a second one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a second vertical wall having a height and a width transverse to said vehicle and a thickness, said first and second ones of said three orthogonal planar surfaces further comprising attachment points to which said supporting planks may be rigidly mounted, said third orthogonal planar surface comprising a horizontal base which extends farther parallel to said vehicle longitudinal axis than transverse, said third orthogonal planar surface further comprising attachment points for attachment to said transport vehicle.
A means for removably attaching diverse load extending supports to a cargo box to permit carrying diverse cargo within said cargo box while optimizing the loading, unloading and transport of each diverse cargo type, comprising:
- a first vertical surface having an attachment point therein for attachment to a plank;
- a second vertical surface perpendicular to said first vertical surface and extending in a direction normal to said first surface by an amount equal to an amount said first surface extends normal to said second vertical surface, said second vertical surface having an attachment point therein for attachment to a plank;
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- a base which extends in a direction normal to said first surface by an amount equal to an amount said base extends normal to said second vertical surface and has a first leg and a second leg each of generally rectangular configuration having a length and a width, said length being greater man said width, and said length of said first leg being perpendicular to said length of said second leg, said base having an attachment point therein for attachment to said cargo box.
A means for removably attaching diverse load extending supports to a cargo box to permit carrying diverse cargo within said cargo box while optimizing the loading, unloading and transport of each diverse cargo type, comprising:
- a first vertical surface having an attachment point therein for attachment to a plank;
- a second vertical surface perpendicular to said first vertical surface and extending in a direction normal to said first surface by an amount less than an amount said first surface extends normal to said second vertical surface, said second vertical surface having an attachment point therein for attachment to a plank;
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- a base which extends in a direction normal to said first surface by an amount less than an amount said second vertical surface extends normal to said first vertical surface and has a generally rectangular configuration having a length and a width, said length being greater than said width, and said length extending normal to said second vertical surface, said base having an attachment point therein for attachment to said cargo box.
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