Sliding connection for releasably and adjustably attaching an ov

Details Sliding connection for releasably and adjustably attaching an ov Sliding connection for releasably and adjustably attaching an ov

1995-01-31

1996-02-27

Kramer, Dean

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Racks

224405, 410150, B60P 300

Patent

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054943272

ABSTRACT:
A sliding connection especially suited for releasably and adjustably attaching an overhead rack or the like to side walls of a pickup truck includes a track mountable on the side wall of the pickup truck, and a sliding lock assembly releasably attachable to the rail member. The track includes an elongate tubular body having a bottom surface engagable with the side wall of the pickup truck and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a plurality of rail members integrally formed with the tubular body and extendable along the length of the body. The sliding lock assembly includes, in one embodiment, a sliding lock member slidably mounted on the rail member of the track and movable along the length of the rail member, and a thumb turn for locking the sliding lock member at a desired position along the length of the rail member.

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