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US 7,093,856 B2Granted
Truck tank for accommodating a bed-mounted hitch
AssigneesFlexahopper Plastics Ltd., J. W. Spenceley
InventorsJ. W. (Bill) Spenceley, William D. Oliver
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Abstract
A truck tank to be carried in the bed of a pickup truck equipped with a bed-mounted hitch. The tank is profiled to fit within the wheel wells of the truck bed and to have either an arched recess formed in the bottom to accommodate the hitch when the tank is lifted into the bed or alternatively, an arched groove extending from the arched recess to the side of the tank so as to permit the tank to be slid into the truck bed.
Claims11
A truck tank in combination with a bed of a truck, the bed having a hitch projecting therefrom, the tank comprising:
- a top wall, a bottom wall having a substantially flat base supported on the bed, and a circumferential side wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall for contain liquids;
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- a raised recess formed in the bottom wall and sized for spacing the bottom wall to overlie and encircle the hitch when the tank is supported in the bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.