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Storage device for use with trucks

US6170724A · kind A · utility

52Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 15, 1999
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R9/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible storage device for use in a pickup truck bed including a rear panel; a lower panel hingeably mounted to a lower edge of the rear panel at a first edge; a first side panel hingeably mounted to a first side edge of the rear panel at a first edge; a second side panel hingeably mounted to a first side edge of the rear panel at a first edge; a first compression mounting mounted to the face of the first side panel such that the first compression mounting is compressed between the first side panel and a first sidewall of the pickup truck bed when the first side panel is in an open position; a second compression mounting mounted to the face of the second side panel such that the second compression mounting is compressed between the second side panel and a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall of the pickup truck bed when the second side panel is in an open position; a top panel hingeably mounted to a top edge of the rear panel at a first edge, the top panel resting on a top edge of the first and second side panels when the first and second side panels are in an open position.

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