Adjustable rack for supporting coil materials on the floor or bed of a vehicle

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VEHICLE BED SUPPORTED ON A PLURALITY OF SPACED AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL BOLSTERS, SAID BED HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY-DISPOSED OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN AND EXTENDING RANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH, A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY-DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULAR RACKS RELEASABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OPENINGS AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOLSTERS, EACH OF SAID RACKS INCLUDING AN ABUTMENT PLATE AND A TREAD PLATE, SAID ABUTMENT PLATES DIVERGING UPWARDLY AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A ROW OF COIL MATERIAL THEREBETWEEN; EACH OF SAID ABUTMENT PLATES BEING PROVIDED, INTERMEDIATE ITS RESPECTIVE LENGTH, WITH OPENINGS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH, SAID OPENINGS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH SAID BOLSTERS WHEN SAID ABUTMENT PLATES ARE DISPOSED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATIVE POSITIONS, SAID RACKS BEING SHIFTABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID BED TO ALIGN SAID OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID ABUTMENT PLATES THEREWITH WHEREBY SAID RACKS MAY BE TILTED TO CAUSE SAID BOLSTERS TO ENGAGE WITHIN SAID OPENINGS FORMED WITH IN SAID ABUTMENT SPLATES WITH SAID TREAD PLATES BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE BED OF SAID VEHICLE.