Vehicle storage box assembly
AssigneeDamian Productions, Inc.
InventorGerald M. Damian
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Abstract
A vehicle storage box assembly for securely and rapidly installing in and/or removing a storage box from the bed of a vehicle without having to drill holes in the vehicle and/or providing a large inventory of such boxes to accommodate different pickup bed configurations. The vehicle storage box assembly includes a box having ribs on the bottom which are transversely and laterally adjustable to be complimentary to grooves in the vehicle bed. The storage box further includes a plurality of jam blocks which are moved into and out of position with a channel on the vehicle by a quick acting line toggle clamp mounted to a wall on the interior of the storage box.
Claims16
A storage box for a vehicle having a bed that includes a sidewall and a grooved floor, the sidewall having a channel facing the grooved floor, said storage box comprising:
- a main portion having an interior and a bottom surface;
- a rib extending along said bottom surface;
- a mounting for mounting said rib to said bottom surface so that it is laterally adjustable so that said rib may be movably positioned to be complimentary to the grooved floor for preventing lateral movement of said main portion relative to the grooved floor;
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- an elongate rod extendably coupled to said main portion, said rod being positioned such that it moveably extends toward the channel in the sidewall when the main portion is positioned adjacent the sidewall to prevent said rib from disengaging the grooved floor whereby said main portion is secured to the bed of the vehicle.
A storage box for a vehicle having a bed that includes a sidewall and a grooved floor, the sidewall having a channel facing the grooved floor, said storage box comprising:
- a main portion having an interior and a bottom surface;
- a rib extending along said bottom surface whereby said bottom surface is adapted to be complimentary to the grooved floor for preventing lateral movement of said main portion relative to the grooved floor;
- an elongate rod extending from said main portion, said rod being positioned such that it movably extends toward the channel in the sidewall when the main portion is positioned adjacent the sidewall to prevent said rib from disengaging the grooved floor whereby said main portion is secured to the bed portion of the vehicle;
- an aperture in said main portion, said rod extending from said interior of said main portion through said aperture;
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- a quick acting line clamp in the interior of said main portion, said line clamp including said rod, said quick acting line clamp being movable to a first position in which said rod moves outwardly of said interior through said aperture and toward the channel, and to a second position in which said rod moves inwardly of said interior through said aperture and away from the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.