Abstract A camper and truck body mounting and interlocking means comprising at least four identical two-piece units. One part of each unit is secured to each of the four corners of a truck body for interlocking securement to the other pieces of said units which are secured in like manner to the four corners of the camper body. One part of each unit comprises an anchor plate adapted for either removable or permanent securement to the side walls of the truck body. Each anchor plate has a central opening therethrough for hooked engagement with a hook at the bottom end of the other part of the unit. Said other part also comprises a turnbuckle provided with a companion hook at its top end for engagement with an eye bolt, U-bolt, or the like, secured to and depending from the respective corner of the camper body. The turnbuckle extends upwardly and rearwardly from the truck body into engagement with the U-bolts or clevises of the camper body and thus enables the camper body to be pulled forward into solid and properly positioned securement to the truck body. By this arrangement, whereby lineal forces acting in opposite directions through each of the units, a single couple constituting a single force by the aligned hook components, an equilibrium is produced. Equilibrium is produced relative to the lineal force or forces radiating from the central opening in the anchor plate.
Inventors
👤 Cleave M Van
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-05 11:55
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60P; B60P3/00; B60P3/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A camper body mounted upon a truck body, said camper body having at least four bottom corners, means securing said camper body to subjacent corner portions of said truck body, said truck body having an opening within each of said corner portions, secured to the exterior of said truck body, means securing said anchor plates to the walls of said truck body within said corner portions thereof and each having a central transverse opening therethrough aligned with said openings in said truck body, a turnbuckle having a threaded bolt adjustably extending outwardly from each end thereof, said extended end of one of said bolts bent into hook formation for extension through and engagement with said anchor plate, hook engaging means secured to and depending from the underside of each corner of said camper body, the extended end of the other of said bolts bent into hook formation for engagement with said hook engaging means, whereby tension of said bolts generated by rotation of their respective turnbuckles will be transmitted through said bolts, hooks, anchor plates and hook engaging means for securely locking said camper body in mounted position upon the truck body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A camper body mounted upon a truck body, said camper body having at least four bottom corners, means securing said camper body to subjacent corner portions of said truck body, said truck body having an opening within each of said corner portions, secured to the exterior of said truck body, means securing said anchor plates to the walls of said truck body within said corner portions thereof and each having a central transverse opening therethrough aligned with said openings in said truck body, a turnbuckle having a threaded bolt adjustably extending outwardly from each end thereof, said extended end of one of said bolts bent into hook formation for extension through and engagement with said anchor plate, hook engaging means secured to and depending from the underside of each corner of said camper body, the extended end of the other of said bolts bent into hook formation for engagement with said hook engaging means, whereby tension of said bolts generated by rotation of their respective turnbuckles will be transmitted through said bolts, hooks, anchor plates and hook engaging means for securely locking said camper body in mounted position upon the truck body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
Means for securing four corners of a camper to the corresponding corners of a truck body as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hook engaging means depending from said camper body are disposed rearwardly of the points of securement of said anchor plates to said truck body, whereby tension applied to said turnbuckles will pull said camper body forwardly during the mounting operation of the camper body to said truck body.