Pickup truck rack with elevated platform within canopy

A truck rack for use with a pick-up truck having a bed with sides and a rear window in the truck cab forward of the truck bed with a canopy having a roof and sides mounted on the truck bed, the improvement comprising,

• a frame, including upper parallel side members, mountable directly to the truck bed of the canopy on the truck bed sides separate and apart from, within, and additional to the canopy,
• a platform on the frame as a raised flooring above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof, the platform pivoting from said upper parallel side members and providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform, the canopy covering the platform,
• the platform pivoting from the frame at a platform first end between a store position and a load position in which a platform end is lowered from the frame at a platform second end, the store position of the platform generally locating the platform above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform,
• first and second cross members between upper parallel side members with the second cross member over the upper parallel side members forming an inverted U channel, and
• frame legs supporting the upper parallel side members over the truck bed, depending from the upper side members.

A truck rack for use with a pick-up truck having a bed with sides and a rear window in the truck cab forward of the truck bed with a canopy having a roof and sides mounted on the truck bed, the improvement comprising,

• a frame, including upper parallel side members, mountable directly to the truck bed of the canopy on the truck bed sides separate and apart from, within, and additional to the canopy,
• a platform on the frame as a raised flooring above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof, the platform pivoting from said upper parallel side members and providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform, the canopy covering the platform,
• the platform pivoting from the frame at a platform first end between a store position and a load position in which a platform end is lowered from the frame at a platform second end, the store position of the platform generally locating the platform above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform,
• a plurality of frame mounting brackets securable to the bed sides and extending inward therefrom, adjustably receiving the frame legs at a selective position along the frame mounting bracket inward of the bed sides and within the canopy providing therein a transverse adjustment suitable to accommodate the frame legs with the mounting bracket mountable on truck beds of differing dimensions.

A truck rack for use with a pick-up truck having a bed with sides and a rear window in the truck cab forward of the truck bed with a canopy having a roof and sides mounted on the truck bed, the improvement comprising,

• a frame mountable directly to the truck bed independent of the canopy on the truck bed sides separate and apart from, within and additional to the canopy, comprising upper and lower parallel side members, the lower parallel side members mountable to the bed sides, and first and second cross members between upper parallel side members with the second cross member over the upper parallel side members forming an inverted U channel,
• a platform on the frame above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof, the platform pivoting from said upper parallel side members and providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform, the canopy covering the platform, the platform pivoting from the frame at a platform first end between a store position and a load position in which a platform end is unlatched and lowered from the frame at a platform second end, the store position of the platform generally locating the platform in the channel between frame side members, above the truck rear window and below the canopy roof, providing unobstructed view rearward through the truck window and under the platform,
• length-adjustable frame legs extending between the lower and upper side members and adapted to position the frame and platform over the truck bed above the truck rear window, wherein the length-adjustable frame legs comprise for each leg a sleeve mountable to a truck bed side with an aligned pair of sleeve holes therethrough and a plurality of leg holes through the frame legs and a bolt passing through a selective one of said plurality of leg holes and said sleeve holes,
• a plurality of frame mounting brackets securable to the bed sides and extending inward therefrom, adjustably receiving the frame legs at a selective position along the frame mounting bracket inward of the bed sides and within the canopy providing therein a transverse adjustment suitable to accommodate the frame legs with the mounting bracket mountable on truck beds of differing dimensions,
• at least one support member supporting the platform second end in its load position, the support member extending between one of said parallel upper side members and one of said frame side members.