Demountable rack for trucks with canopies

Claim 1

In a load-support rack easily and quickly assembled for use on a pick-up truck bed with stake receiving holes while a canopy is also mounted on the bed of the truck comprising a basic frame and means for removably attaching the basic frame to the truck bed without displacing a truck canopy or camper, the basic frame comprising four horizontal members interconnected and defining a primary load-carrying area supported by four primary support posts separated in a spaced-apart relationship, defining a post separation distance, and extending vertically from a base attached to a truck bed to the primary horizontal members a height above the truck bed greater than that of a mounted truck camper, the improvement comprising means for extending the size of the load-carrying area comprising extended horizontal members, having lengths greater than the post separation distance, and having a plurality of support apertures along their lengths and at their ends such that, on assembly, a support aperture is located at each intersection of a horizontal member with a primary support post and also at each intersection of two horizontal members, a plurality of secondary support posts each with a collar permanently affixed intermediate its length and having a securing means which affixes each secondary support post to a horizontal member, a secondary support post first end inserted at each intersection of horizontal members into a support aperture of a first horizontal member until supported by the post collar, a support aperture of a second horizontal member being removably secured over a secondary support post second end and resting on its collar.