Kathryn Cohen

US Patent:

6481604, Nov 19, 2002

Filed:

Mar 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/804831

Inventors:

Jeffrey Beene - Fairfax VA
Kathryn Cohen - Canton MA
Linda Bliss - Corning NY
Lauren Icken - Northport NY
Samuel Ferraro-Pollak - Albany NY
Sreekumar Vijaykumar - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60R 900

US Classification:

224404, 224403, 224543, 224547, 224556, 296 376

Abstract:

A vehicle rack which supports different accessory having mounting pegs on a pickup truck bed is provided. The vehicle rack includes a plurality of retaining arms wherein each of the plurality of retaining arms are received within a stake pocket of the pickup truck bed. The invention further includes a panel and a locking member where the panel is integral with the plurality of retaining arms and may extend along a side wall of the pickup truck. The panel defines a plurality of apertures for receiving the mounting pegs of the at least one accessory. The locking member is moveably affixed to the panel, and has a plurality of obstructions which partial close the openings of the plurality of apertures when the locking member is slid into a locked position.