Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-15
2001-10-16
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
C280S759000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302464
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to ballast assemblies for pickups and more particularly pertains to a new pickup bed ballast assembly for providing added traction while taking up a limited amount of pickup bed space.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of ballast assemblies for pickups is known in the prior art. More specifically, ballast assemblies for pickups heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,315; U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,916; U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,281; U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,914; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 346,991; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,727,97 1.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new pickup bed ballast assembly. The inventive device includes a pair of generally rectangular box shaped main containers and a pair of generally rectangular cover members. Each main container includes a pair of end walls, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall. Moreover, the main container forms a holding cavity that is used for holding a quantity of sand. The cover members are designed to selectively cover the holding cavities. Each main container is designed to fit over an associated wheel well in a bed of a pickup. In addition, each main container is coupled to the bed of a pickup thereby holding the main container in a static position.
In these respects, the pickup bed ballast assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing added traction while taking up a limited amount of pickup bed space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of ballast assemblies for pickups now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new pickup bed ballast assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing added traction while taking up a limited amount of pickup bed space.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the ballast assemblies for pickups mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new pickup bed ballast assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art ballast assemblies for pickups, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pair of generally rectangular box shaped main containers and a pair of generally rectangular cover members. Each main container includes a pair of end walls, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall. Moreover, the main container forms a holding cavity that is used for holding a quantity of sand. The cover members are designed to selectively cover the holding cavities. Each main container is designed to fit over an associated wheel well in a bed of a pickup. In addition, each main container is coupled to the bed of a pickup thereby holding the main container in a static position.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the ballast assemblies for pickups mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new pickup bed ballast assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art ballast assemblies for pickups, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly that is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly that is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such pickup bed ballast assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly for providing added traction while taking up a limited amount of pickup bed space.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly which includes a pair of generally rectangular box shaped main containers and a pair of generally rectangular cover members. Each main container includes a pair of end walls, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall. Moreover, the main container forms a holding cavity that is used for holding a quantity of sand. The cover members are designed to selectively cover the holding cavities. Each main container is designed to fit over an associated wheel well in a bed of a pickup. In addition, each main container is coupled to the bed of a pickup thereby holding the main container in a static position.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly that provides weight directly over the rear wheels of a pickup.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new pickup bed ballast assembly that is easy to use.
These together with other objects of the invent
Kubis John V.
Kubis Shirley A.
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