Mounting apparatus for front wall of pick-up truck cargo box
OwnerKeith A. Dunlopinventor
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Abstract
A tiedown rail system including a plurality of tie anchors secures cargo on a pickup truck bed. The invention includes an elongated tubular four-sided rail that is mounted on the rim of a pickup truck cargo bed front wall. A three-sided channel could also be used, having openings that face the truck cab. The rail system includes repositionable anchor assemblies for attaching an end of a cargo strap to secure transported cargo in the truck bed.
Claims8
A mounting system for connecting a load to the front wall of a pick-up truck cargo box, the front wall having an elongated rim located behind a truck cab, and a front opening facing the truck cab, the cab having a rear wall forward of the cargo box front wall, the apparatus comprising:
- a rail mounted above a top edge of the front wall rim of the cargo box and parallel thereto, the rail having a forward opening facing the truck cab rear wall and disposed above said front opening;
- a clamp having a body disposed between the front wall of the cargo box and the truck cab, the clamp having integral spaced upper and lower clamp arms, the upper clamp arm being disposed in the opening in the rail and the lower arm being disposed in the front opening of the front wall of the cargo box;
- the clamp lower arm having a clamping toe extending toward the upper clamp arm and suited to abut the rim of the truck front wall, the clamp upper arm having a tapped opening aligned with the toe on the lower clamp arm;
- a clamping screw disposed in the tapped opening of the upper arm and in abutment with the rail such that the rail is clamped between the clamping screw and the clamping toe to connect the rail to the pick-up cargo box;
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- eye means, on the rail for connecting a load to the cargo box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.