Camper tie-down

Claim 2

A camper tie-down device releasably attachable to a horizontally outwardly bent upper edge portion of a pick-up truck body side wall, said device comprising: a concave clamp base embracing and directly engaging said wall upper edge portion both from above and from the inside of said truck body; a clamp member disposed outside said truck body and bearing upwardly against said wall upper out-turned edge portion in opposition to said clamp base; means to forcefully advance said member upwardly towards said clamp base to tightly grip said outwardly bent wall upper edge portion and rigidly unite said clamp base and clAmp member with said wall upper edge portion; and means provided on said device suitable for connecting the same to a camper to tie said camper to said wall.

Claim 3

A device as recited in claim 1 including a stabilizing leg provided on said clamp base which extends downward therefrom a substantial distance inside said truck body and into engagement with said wall at the lower end of said leg to stabilize said device in its functioning as a means for anchoring a camper to said wall.

Claim 4

A device as recited in claim 2 including an anchor leg provided on said clamp base which extends downward therefrom outside said truck body to provide said means for attaching said tie-down to a camper.

Claim 5

A device as recited in claim 1 wherein said clamp base is channel shaped and fits downwardly to embrace said wall upper edge portion both from above and from the inside of said truck body; and wherein said clamp member comprises a rectangular sheet of metal bent transversely near the middle thereof to form opposed wings, the extremities of which fit closely into opposite portions of said channel base, at least one of said wings being bent transversely so that the end portion of said bent wing lies close to and approximately parallel with an adjacent side flange of said channel shaped clamp base; and bolt means tieing clamp base and clamp member in assembled relation and operative to apply said clamp member to said clamp base when the latter is fitted onto said wall upper edge portion to tightly grip the latter in the corner of said channel shaped clamp base receiving said wall upper edge portion and rigidly unite said clamp base and clamp member to said wall upper edge portion.

Claim 6

A device as recited in claim 4 wherein one of the wings of said clamp member is a bent wing and the other wing is a straight wing and in which the option is afforded of assembling said clamp member on said clamp base with either of said wings disposed in the end of said channel shaped clamp base which is provided for receiving said wall upper edge portion.

Claim 7

A combination as in claim 5 wherein said channel shaped clamp base is reinforced by a heavy steel bar; a stabilizing leg comprising a section of steel channel which is welded to an inner extending end of said bar; and an anchoring leg formed by an outward downward extension of said reinforcing bar at the outer end of said channel-formed clamp base.

Claim 8

A combination as in claim 6 wherein said channel shaped clamp base is substantially wider than said reinforcing bar and extends in opposite directions laterally from the side edges of said bar; and wherein said clamp bolt means comprise a pair of bolts received in suitable edge apertures formed in said clamp base and said clamp member for use in constricting said clamp means on said wall upper edge portion.