Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Grouped
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-30
2001-04-03
Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Grouped
C410S032000, C410S036000, C410S042000, C410S121000, C410S129000, C296S026110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06210087
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to pickup truck load organizers and more particularly to a new tail gate load organizing device for allowing items longer than a pickup truck box floor to be carried with a tailgate down by moving a supporting point out onto the tailgate.
2. Background Information
The use of pickup truck load organizers is known in the prior art. Examples of pickup truck load organizers include those disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 4,023,850; U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,067; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 248,228; U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,096; U.S. Pat. No. 4,114,944; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,993.
Such devices have been devised to solve various drawbacks associated with transporting loads within the beds of pickup trucks. One problem in particular is that of safely and securely transporting elongated loads which are longer than the bed of a pickup truck. Pickup trucks conveniently include a tailgate
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which may be lowered into an open position to facilitate carrying loads which are longer than the bed
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of the truck. This approach generally provides satisfactory results when transporting bulky items such as furniture and the like, which can be relatively easily secured to the truck with straps etc., to minimize shifting during transport. This approach however has not proven entirely effective for carrying elongated loose items such as lumber, piping and the like, as they tend to shift laterally and/or slide out of the truck box through the open tailgate during acceleration, etc. In an attempt to reduce or eliminate the possibility of such a load sliding out of the truck bed during transport, it has been common practice among many truck owners to close the tailgate and simply rest such oversized objects on the upper lip or edge of the closed tailgate. While this approach may help prevent the articles from sliding out of the truck bed during transport, this arrangement tends to place a relatively large portion of the carried items above the sides of the pickup truck box to substantially reduce the lateral support provided by the box side walls. Moreover, this approach concentrates a substantial portion of the weight of the load on the upper edge of the tailgate which tends to dent or otherwise damage the upper edge.
Thus, a need exists for a load organizing device for allowing items longer than a pickup truck box floor to be carried.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, a load organizing device for a pickup truck box includes an elongated base adapted for operable engagement with the pickup truck box, the elongated base adapted to support a load at a location spaced from the plane of the bed, and load partitions adapted to extend from said elongated base to receive the load therebetween so that an elongated load disposed within the pickup truck box is adapted for being supported therein at an incline relative to the plane of the bed.
In another aspect of the present invention a tail gate load organizing device includes an elongated base, vertical load partitions removably attached to the elongated base, a base support system disposed on said elongated base, and a tailgate attachment member adapted to selectively and removably n secure the load organizing device to a pickup truck.
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Gordon Stephen T.
Sampson & Associates P.C.
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