Cargo bed system
OwnerRobert Volmeringinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle cargo bed storage system for a flatbed truck that raises a second platform of the flatbed truck to provide storage space between the second platform and the original first platform of the flatbed truck is provided. A plurality of support braces are affixed to the first platform and the second platform is affixed to the support braces so as to be spaced apart from the first platform to define a volume. The plurality of support braces define a plurality of storage compartments within the volume that are accessible about a periphery of the first and second platforms. A plurality of lockable doors about the periphery of the first and second platforms restricts access to the storage compartments.
Claims13
A cargo bed storage system for a vehicle having a flatbed and a cab portion, the system mounted to an upper surface of the flatbed, the upper surface having a forward edge positioned adjacent to the cab portion, a rear edge and two lateral edges, the storage system comprising:
- a first platform, the first platform positioned on top of the upper surface of the flatbed, the first platform extending the full distance between the forward edge, the rear edge and the lateral edges;
- a plurality of support braces affixed to the first platform;
- a second platform affixed to the plurality of support braces, the second platform spaced apart from the first platform to define a volume, the second platform being equal in dimension as compared to the first platform, the second platform having a one piece upper surface, the entire one piece upper surface being continuous and uninterrupted;
- the support braces adapted to define a plurality of storage compartments within the volume, the storage compartments positioned between the first platform and the second platform, the storage compartments having a plurality of access openings, at least one of the access openings positioned at the rear edge of the upper surface, at least one of the access openings positioned at one of the lateral edges of the upper surface;
- the second platform adapted to fully cover the entirety of the volume, the storage compartments and the support braces within the system;
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- wherein the one piece upper surface of the second platform functions as a standard flatbed surface.
A cargo bed storage system for a vehicle having a flatbed and a cab portion, the system mounted to an upper surface of the flatbed, the upper surface having a forward edge positioned adjacent to the cab portion, a rear edge and two lateral edges, the storage system comprising:
- a first platform, the first platform positioned on top of the upper surface of the flatbed the first platform extending the full distance between the forward edge, the rear edge and the lateral edges;
- a plurality of support braces affixed to the first platform;
- a second platform affixed to the plurality of support braces, the second platform spaced apart from the first platform to define a volume, the second platform being equal in dimension as compared to the first platform, the second platform having a one piece upper surface, the entire upper surface being continuous and uninterrupted;
- a plurality of compartment dividers rearrangeable within the volume;
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- wherein the support braces and the compartment dividers define a plurality of storage compartments within the volume, the first platform and the second platform further defining the plurality of storage compartments having, the plurality of storage compartments a plurality of access openings, at least one of the access openings positioned at the rear edge of the upper surface, at least one of the access openings positioned at one of the lateral edges of the upper surface;
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- wherein the one piece upper surface of the second platform functions as a standard flatbed surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.