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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
David Christensen, Pennington, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is a ladder utility rack for pick-up cargo beds. It has two parallel horizontal base rails and at least two vertical stanchion units. Each base rail has at least three contiguous walls, including at least one horizontal and one vertical running wall and each is adapted to nest atop and against sidewalls of a cargo bed These base rails are not connected to one another except via the stanchion units These units have vertical legs running from each of the base rails upwardly and inwardly and terminate at a commonly connected horizontal cross member A preferred embodiment includes rails which are unistructurally formed, e.g. extruded, including portions in the form of an upright or inverted 'U'.