Truck bed ballast apparatus

Details Truck bed ballast apparatus Truck bed ballast apparatus

1994-11-10

1996-02-27

Focarino, Margaret A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

296 376, B60R 2700

Patent

active

054943159

ABSTRACT:
A truck bed ballast apparatus includes a container assembly and a foot assembly adapted for connection to a truck bed. An inlet aperture is located on a wall of the container assembly. A quantity of sand can be added to the container assembly through the inlet aperture. A cover assembly covers the inlet aperture for retaining the sand inside the container assembly. The container assembly is adapted to be juxtaposed to a fender well projecting upward from the truck bed adjacent to a side wall of the truck bed. The foot assembly includes a plurality of apertures adapted to receive connectors for connecting the container assembly to the truck bed. In one embodiment, the container assembly includes a fender-well shaped outer portion adapted to fit over a fender well. With another embodiment, a first container assembly is placed over a first fender well; a second container assembly is placed over a second fender well; and a bracing element is connected between the first container assembly and the second container assembly. With yet another embodiment, a first container assembly is placed adjacent to a fender well rearward of the fender well; a second container assembly is placed adjacent to the fender well forward of the fender well; and a bracing element is connected between the first container assembly and the second container assembly over the fender well.

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patent: 4482169 (1984-11-01), Yim
patent: 4796914 (1989-01-01), Raynor
patent: 5080418 (1992-01-01), Semple et al.

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