Vehicle with side accessible cargo bed and storage compartments

Details Vehicle with side accessible cargo bed and storage compartments Vehicle with side accessible cargo bed and storage compartments

1996-03-29

1997-04-01

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Auxiliary article compartments

224404, 224539, B60R 1106

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056159226

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle, such as a pick-up truck, having a cargo bed is provided with one or more openings which pass through side walls of the bed to provide access to the interior of the bed without the need to reach over the top edge of the side walls. Frames are disposed within the openings to line the peripheries thereof, the frames extending between inner and outer panels which make up the side walls. A hinged door is fitted to each opening to close of the opening when desired. Compartment covers may be installed inside of the bed to form storage compartments accessible through the openings. The storage compartments do not interfere with fitting of a cover or cap over the top of the bed, and are located so as to be compatible with other vehicle usages such as carriage of a bed-mounted camper unit or towing of a fifth-wheel trailer.

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