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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Reginald W Newsome, Richmond, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A stake and rail assembly for increasing the cargo carrying capacity of a pickup truck or the like vehicle comprising: a front wall, a pair of generally parallel side walls, a rear wall and upright stakes for insertion into the cavities in the vehicle or attachment by bolts to the vehicle, wherein the front and side walls comprise a plurality of horizontal rails attached to the stakes to form three sides of an enclosed volume, the rear wall comprises a plurality of horizontal rails, a first pair of angularly mounted members and at least one upright attached to the horizontal rails of the rear wall and capable of engaging a parallel second pair of angularly mounted members and at least one upright on the front wall when the rear wall is vertically juxtaposed with the front wall. According to various preferred embodiments of the invention, 1) the surfaces of the angularly mounted members and the uprights are cut to provide engagement when the front and rear walls are vertically juxtaposed, 2) the ends of all front wall and sidewall rails include slots that engage bolts inserted through holes in two part brackets that serve to join the front wall and side wall rails, and 3) the rear wall includes spring biased locking mechanisms that engage apertures in a second set of brackets attached to the rear extremities of the side walls.