Abstract A truck rack, comprising: a crossbar; and a pair of towers, each tower including a lower end portion providing an elongated foot configured to be mounted on an upper wall region of a truck bed, an upper end portion configured to be connected to the crossbar, and a telescoping intermediate portion configured to extend upward with an inward slope and an adjustable length to change a height of the tower; and wherein: the telescoping intermediate portion has a bottom end welded to the elongated foot such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated foot is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the intermediate portion, the intermediate portion defines a first axial slot elongated along the longitudinal axis of the intermediate portion and a second axial slot elongated along the longitudinal axis of the intermediate portion, the intermediate portion includes an outer tube and an inner tube that slidably extends from the outer tube, the intermediate portion includes a first fastener assembly partially located in the first axial slot, extending from the outer tube to the inner tube, and being adjustable to fix the length of the intermediate portion, the intermediate portion includes a second fastener assembly partially located in the second axial slot, and each of the first fastener assembly and the second fastener assembly is adjustable to lock the outer tube to the inner tube such that the length of the intermediate portion is fixed.
Truck-Mountable Cargo Rack
2023-12-07
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |