Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
A stock rack for a pickup truck load bed of the type including opposite side walls interconnected at their forward ends by means of a transverse front wall, said rack including opposite side and front sections for disposition in upstanding position extending along and projecting upwardly from the upper marginal edge portions of said side and front walls, said front section extending between and being secured to the forward ends of said opposite side sections, said side and front sections each including an extension supported therefrom for swinging about an axis paralleling the upper marginal edge of the corresponding section between a lowered inverted position disposed alongside and generally paralleling the corresponding section and a raised upright and upstanding upper position forming an upward extension of the corresponding section, said side and end section extensions being disposed along the outer and inner sides of the corresponding sections, respectively, when in the lowered inverted positions, said stock rack including a pair of opposite side partial end wall sections supported and projecting inwardly from the rear ends of said side sections toward each other and including horizontally spaced upstanding adjacent edge portions, and a gate member removably supported in position spanning and closing the space between said adjacent edge portions, said partial end wall sections extending downwardly below the lower marginal portions of said side sections for support from the floor of said load bed at the rear marginal portion thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
239 words
A stock rack for a pickup truck load bed of the type including opposite side walls interconnected at their forward ends by means of a transverse front wall, said rack including opposite side and front sections for disposition in upstanding position extending along and projecting upwardly from the upper marginal edge portions of said side and front walls, said front section extending between and being secured to the forward ends of said opposite side sections, said side and front sections each including an extension supported therefrom for swinging about an axis paralleling the upper marginal edge of the corresponding section between a lowered inverted position disposed alongside and generally paralleling the corresponding section and a raised upright and upstanding upper position forming an upward extension of the corresponding section, said side and end section extensions being disposed along the outer and inner sides of the corresponding sections, respectively, when in the lowered inverted positions, said stock rack including a pair of opposite side partial end wall sections supported and projecting inwardly from the rear ends of said side sections toward each other and including horizontally spaced upstanding adjacent edge portions, and a gate member removably supported in position spanning and closing the space between said adjacent edge portions, said partial end wall sections extending downwardly below the lower marginal portions of said side sections for support from the floor of said load bed at the rear marginal portion thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said sections and the corresponding extensions include coacting vertically overlapped and horizontally abuttingly engageable portions limiting swinging movement of said extensions relative to said sections to said lowered and upper positions thereof from said upper and lowered positions, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the adjacent ends of said side and end extensions include coacting means adapting said extensions for stationary securement to each other in said upper positions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein each of said sections and extensions includes a plurality of crossed and rigidly interconnected horizontally and vertically spaced upright horizontal members, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said front section includes an inwardly offset and depending leg assembly whose lower end is adapted to abut against the upper surface of the forward end of the floor of said load bed interconnecting the lower marginal portions of the opposite side and end walls of said load bed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination of claim 1 including a lower horizontal member extending between and interconnecting the lower marginal edge portions of said end wall sections.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 6 wherein said adjacent edge portions include means defining opposing upstanding channels, said gate member being vertically slidable in and supported from said channels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The combination of claim 7 wherein said partial end wall sections each also include an extension swingably supported therefrom for movement between an upper upwardly projecting position and a lowered inverted position disposed alongside and generally paralleling the corresponding end wall section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination of claim 8 wherein said end wall extensions are disposed along the outer sides of said end wall sections when in the inverted positions.