Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Stakes and sockets
Patent
1978-12-11
1980-11-04
Love, John J.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Stakes and sockets
105380, 280143, B60P 706
Patent
active
042316065
ABSTRACT:
A delta stake arrangement adaptable for enclosing pickup truck beds of differing length and of differing layout of the stake pockets around the raised side walls of the truck bed. The arrangement includes a plurality of delta stakes having tapered bottom ends removably seated in the pockets. A plurality of brackets are provided each defining at least a lateral groove therein for receipt and support of a wall enclosure panel. Each bracket is further either formed integral with the delta stake or equipped with at least one dovetail ridge extending along a portion of the length thereof and being slidably received within a plurality of corresponding dovetail slots formed in the wide wall of each delta stake, these slots being parallel and extending along at least a portion of the length of each stake. The dovetail ridge on each bracket is further interchangeably received within the plurality of dovetail slots in the delta stake to vary the position of the bracket and its panel-supporting groove(s) with respect to the stake and thereby adapt for enclosing truck beds of differing length and differing pocket layout. Also provided are plastic plugs press-fitted into the tapered bottom ends of the delta stakes, each plug having a downwardly extending projection for insertion into the drain hole in the bottom of a truck bed pocket to better support and stabilize the delta stake therein.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3460864 (1969-08-01), Piercy
patent: 3811724 (1974-05-01), Woodward
patent: 4067601 (1978-01-01), Tuerk
Carroll John A.
Love John J.
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