Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1994-11-22
1996-04-30
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
280795, 296204, B60P 100
Patent
active
055118488
ABSTRACT:
A pickup bed includes a lower plane having opposite ends and opposite sides and being disposed over a plurality of elevating members, each of the elevating members disposed atop the frame of a pickup truck and perpendicular with respect to a longitudinal axis of the truck. A pair of upstanding walls having a lower edge and an upper edge are disposed on the opposite sides at the lower edge thereof perpendicular with respect to the plane of the lower plane and parallel with the longitudinal axis. A pair of outer elevated planes are each attached at a first edge thereof to the upper edge of each of the upstanding walls and are attached at a second edge thereof to a supporting frame structure assembly that is disposed about the perimeter of the bed. The supporting frame structure assembly is adapted for transferring the weight of a cargo item placed on the bed to the frame.
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Mitchell David M.
Rinne, Jr. Risto A.
Robinson Kia M.
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