Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Reexamination Certificate
1997-11-04
2001-03-20
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
C276S020000, C224S404000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06203086
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tool box and top cover for truck box.
Tool boxes have been provided for use in the carrying compartments or boxes of pickup trucks. Usually these tool boxes are attached to the front end of the pickup truck box immediately behind the truck cab.
Access to these tool boxes is limited to access from the sides of the vehicle, and on occasion this can require the user of the tool box to walk around to the other side of the vehicle in order to reach and gain access to certain parts of the tool box.
Security is also sometimes a problem with prior art tool boxes in that they are exposed at the rear of the truck. Some tool boxes have lids which can be locked, but potential thieves can easily gain access to the box, drill holes in it, or otherwise break into the box.
Top covers have been provided for pickup trucks, but such top covers are difficult to use in combination with a tool box mounted inside the truck bed. Access to the tool box once a top cover has been placed over the truck bed is often difficult.
Therefore, a primary object of the present invention is the provision of an improved tool box and top cover for a truck box.
A further object of the present invention is the provision of an improved tool box which can be detachably mounted at the front of the truck box and which can be easily moved to the rear of the truck box for access by a user of the tools within the tool box.
A further object of the present invention is the provision of an improved tool box and top cover for truck box which can be locked to prevent intruders or thieves from having access to any portion of the interior of the truck box, while at the same time providing easy access for the owner or user of the vehicle.
A further object of the present invention is the provision of an improved tool box and top cover which is attractive in appearance, economical to manufacturer, and durable in use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes a combination of a vehicle and a tool box which is movable within the vehicle carrying compartment. The compartment of the vehicle includes a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, and opposite side walls extending up from the edges of the floor. An elongated first side rail is attached to one of the side walls of the carrying compartment and a second side rail is attached to the other of the side walls of the carrying compartment in substantial parallel relation to the first side rail.
The tool box includes a first roller at one of its ends and a second roller at the opposite of its ends. The first and second rollers are movably mounted to the first and second side rails respectively to permit the tool box to move from a forward position located near the front wall of the compartment to a rear position located rearwardly from that forward position.
The foregoing combination may be utilized without a top wall. However, a top wall may be used in combination with the foregoing tool box. The top wall covers the open upper end of the truck box and encloses the tool box therein. The top cover includes at least one access opening adjacent the front of the carrying compartment and includes a second or rear access opening adjacent the rear of the carrying compartment. Hinged doors are provided over the front access opening and the rear access opening, and these doors are capable of being latched and locked to make the interior of the carrying compartment secure.
In one embodiment of the invention there is a third access opening located at the front end of the access compartment so that both the first and the third access openings provide access to the tool box when the tool box is positioned adjacent the forward end of the carrying compartment.
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Dirks Jay D.
Dirks Les H.
Coeur d'Alene Patent Investment LLC
Dayoan D. Glenn
Morrow Jason
Zarley McKee Thomte Voorhees & Sease
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