Modular rack system for a pickup truck
View Patent ↗Modular rack system for a pickup truck is a modular rack system that is attachable to the bed of a pickup truck with a bed shell, bed cap, or tonneau cover installed. Modular rack system mounts to the side of the pickup truck bed in order to provide full-time access to the truck bed and clearance for the bed shell, bed cap, or tonneau cover. Modular rack system can be installed on the right side, left side, or both sides of a pickup truck. Modular rack system can be installed on a “naked” pickup truck bed or a pickup truck bed with a bed shell, bed cap, or tonneau cover installed thereon. Modular rack system includes a base plate assembly that can receive any number of special adaptor plates that are made to mate with and secure any item you want loaded onto the rack system.
1 . A modular rack system for a pickup truck comprising: a channeled top plate; a T-bracket; a stanchion; and a stanchion brace, wherein,
said channeled top plate is a rigid rectangular horizontal planar member or sheet of material with a plane, a front edge, a rear edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a length, a width, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis,
said inner edge of said channeled top plate has a C-channel that is a structural channel or a parallel flange channel with a C-shaped cross-section,
said C-channel has a flat web with a set of two outwardly extending flanges
said channeled top plate has one or more hinge plate mounting holes,
said channeled top plate has one or more locking tab mounting holes,
said channeled top plate is reversibly rigidly attachable to a bed of a pickup truck,
said upper surface of said channeled top plate is reversibly rigidly attachable to a cargo item,
said channeled top plate has a T-bracket mounting flange that is a rectangular or square extension or ear projecting downward from said front edge of said top plate, wherein said T-bracket mounting flange has one or more mounting holes,
said channeled top plate has an inside wall locating flange that is an oblong rigid planar member or bi-planar member,
said inside wall locating flange has a tab, flap, or projection that extends perpendicularly downward from said lower surface of said top plate,
said T-bracket is a length of rigid biplanar angular material, angle iron, or angle steel,
said T-bracket has a rigid horizontal planar member with a length, a width, a height, a longitudinal axis, an inside end, an outside end, an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a rear surface,
said T-bracket has a rigid vertical planar member with a length, a width, a height, a longitudinal axis, an inside end, an outside end, an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a rear surface, 6
said inside surface of said rigid vertical member is rigidly attached to said T-bracket mounting flange on said channeled top plate,
said T-bracket is reversibly rigidly attachable to said bed of said pickup,
said stanchion is a rigid oblong vertical structural member with a length, a width, a thickness, a lower end, an upper end, and a longitudinal axis,
said stanchion brace is a rigid oblong diagonal structural member with a length, a width, a thickness, a lower end, an upper end, and a longitudinal axis,
said lower end of said stanchion is rigidly attached to said outer edge of said channeled top plate or said upper surface of said channeled top plate, adjacent to said outer edge of said channeled top plate,
said upper end of said stanchion is rigidly attached to said upper end of said stanchion brace,
said lower end of said stanchion brace is rigidly attached to said front surface of said T-bracket, adjacent to said inside end of said T-bracket, and
said longitudinal axis of said stanchion brace forms a 40-50 degree angle with said longitudinal axis of said stanchion.