Drop-in utility enclosure apparatus

Claim 1

A drop-in utility enclosure apparatus removably mountable into the forwardmost portion of a flat truck body including vertical walls extending upwardly from the truck body wherein said apparatus comprises, a lower unit defined by a lower rear face, a lower forward face, a lower first side, a lower second side, and a lower bottom face, and an upper unit integrally formed to and extending upwardly of said lower unit defined by an upper rear face, an upper top face, an upper first side, an upper second side, and an upper forward face aligned with said lower forward face and wherein said upper first and second sides extend outwardly of said lower first and second sides to define first and second surfaces to overlie the walls of the truck body, and wherein said lower rear and forward faces are of a length substantially equal to that of the interior width of the truck bed and of a height substantially equal to that of the walls of the truck bed, and the length of the forward and rear faces of the upper unit are defined by the lengths greater than that of the lower forward and rear faces to overlie the walls of the truck bed, and wherein said upper rear face includes a pivotally mounted door enabling access interiorly of the upper and lower units, and wherein first and second lids are pivotally mounted overlying the first and second surfaces interiorly thereof in the upper unit to completely overlie the lower unit interiorly thereof when the first and second lids are in a lowered position.