Vehicle bed raingutter bracket for rack system
OwnerBrian Palermoinventor
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Abstract
A mounting bracket for securing a raingutter-mountable roof rack system to the bed or cargo management rail of a pickup truck or SUV. The bracket comprises a simple device with a minimal number of parts required for removably clamping the bracket to the side member of a vehicle bed. The bracket is simple to install, may be located anywhere along the side of the vehicle bed, and does not require the presence of a bed cover system for attachment to the vehicle. The bracket attaches to the side of the vehicle's bed in a manner that does not consume a substantial amount of space within the bed of the vehicle, and it may be used in conjunction with a tonneau cover without interfering with the operation of the cover.
Claims16
A bracket for adapting a side wall of an open bed of an open bed vehicle to receive a rain-gutter tower, the open bed of the open bed vehicle comprising a cargo management rail, the cargo management rail having a profile for engaging fasteners, the bracket comprising:
- a) a first horizontal member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- b) an upright member extending upward from the first end of the first horizontal member;
- c) a vertical member extending downward from the second end of the first horizontal member;
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- d) at least one clamp that reversibly attaches to the profile of the cargo management rail, wherein the cargo management rail is mounted longitudinally inside the open bed and substantially parallel to the top rail of the side wall of the open bed of the vehicle;
- wherein the upright member simulates a rain gutter of a vehicle and is shaped to receive the rain-gutter tower.
A system for adapting a side wall of an open bed of an open bed vehicle to receive a rain-gutter tower, comprising:
- a) a cargo management rail mounted longitudinally inside the open bed and substantially parallel to the top rail of the side wall of the open bed of the vehicle and having a profile for engaging fasteners;
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- b) a bracket comprising:
- i) a first horizontal member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- ii) an upright member extending upward from the first end of the first horizontal member;
- iii) a vertical member extending downward from the second end of the first horizontal member;
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- iv) at least one clamp that reversibly attaches to the profile of the cargo management rail;
- wherein the upright member simulates a rain gutter of a vehicle and is shaped to receive the rain-gutter-tower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.