Abstract: Provided is a sports rack configured to be mounted on a truck bed. The truck bed may have a front wall, a rear tail gate and a pair of elongate side walls extending therebetween. Each one of the side walls may have a bed rail. The sports rack comprises a front frame member, a rear frame member and a plurality of channel lengths. The front frame member is disposed adjacent the front wall and extends between the side walls. The rear frame member is disposed over the rear tail gate and also extends between the side walls. The plurality of channel lengths extends horizontally between the front and rear frame members. Each of the front and rear frame members comprises a pair of upright end plates that may be used to mount the sports rack on the bed rails.

Abstract: Provided is a sports rack configured to be mounted on a truck bed. The truck bed may have a front wall, a rear tail gate and a pair of elongate side walls extending therebetween. Each one of the side walls may have a bed rail. The sports rack comprises a front frame member, a rear frame member and a plurality of channel lengths. The front frame member is disposed adjacent the front wall and extends between the side walls. The rear frame member is disposed over the rear tail gate and also extends between the side walls. The plurality of channel lengths extends horizontally between the front and rear frame members. Each of the front and rear frame members comprises a pair of upright end plates that may be used to mount the sports rack on the bed rails.

Abstract: A grille guard for an automobile has a footstep for facilitating safe and easy access to the hood and engine compartment thereof. The footstep is defined by a generally tubular horizontal member having a flattened portion formed along the upper surface thereof and preferably having a non-skid surface formed thereupon.

Abstract: A step for engagement with a conventional towing receiver hitch affixed to a vehicle. The step includes a support component upon which to stand and a coupler component for engaging the support component with the receiver hitch. Preferably, the support component is a generally cylindrical rung, while the coupler component is integral with and extends from a substantially central location of the support component.

Abstract: A push bar mounting system for mounting a push bar to vehicle's bumper without significant damage to the bumper. The system comprises a front and rear bracket mounted to an inner bumper of the vehicle and having top and bottom mounting tabs that extend away from the inner bumper. The brackets are configured to attach to the inner bumper without drilling mounting holes therein. Additionally, the mounting tabs are configured to extend through a bumper fascia that surrounds the inner bumper. As such, the bottom mounting tab extends through a grille opening in the fascia, and the upper mounting tab extends through a small horizontal opening cut out of the bumper fascia's chrome trim channel. Upon removal of the push bar from the vehicle, the opening cut in the bumper fascia can be covered by replacing the chrome trim that is mounted in the trim channel.

Abstract: A push bar mounting system for mounting a push bar to vehicle's bumper without significant damage to the bumper. The system comprises a front and rear bracket mounted to an inner bumper of the vehicle and having top and bottom mounting tabs that extend away from the inner bumper. The brackets are configured to attach to the inner bumper without drilling mounting holes therein. Additionally, the mounting tabs are configured to extend through a bumper fascia that surrounds the inner bumper. As such, the bottom mounting tab extends through a grille opening in the fascia, and the upper mounting tab extends through a small horizontal opening cut out of the bumper fascia's chrome trim channel. Upon removal of the push bar from the vehicle, the opening cut in the bumper fascia can be covered by replacing the chrome trim that is mounted in the trim channel.

Abstract: A push bar mounting system for mounting a push bar to vehicle's bumper without significant damage to the bumper. The system comprises a front and rear bracket mounted to an inner bumper of the vehicle and having top and bottom mounting tabs that extend away from the inner bumper. The brackets are configured to attach to the inner bumper without drilling mounting holes therein. Additionally, the mounting tabs are configured to extend through a bumper fascia that surrounds the inner bumper. As such, the bottom mounting tab extends through a grille opening in the fascia, and the upper mounting tab extends through a small horizontal opening cut out of the bumper fascia's chrome trim channel. Upon removal of the push bar from the vehicle, the opening cut in the bumper fascia can be covered by replacing the chrome trim that is mounted in the trim channel.

Abstract: A grille guard for an automobile has at least one first grille guard member extending generally horizontally so as to protect a portion of an automobile's front and at least one second grille guard member extending generally vertically and attached to the first grille guard member. Each of the second grille guard members has a first generally planar member and a perpendicular second generally planar member generally defining a T-shaped cross-section. The second generally planar member has a plurality of openings formed therein, generally along the length thereof, the openings having a width which is greater than the width of the first generally planar member. The second generally planar member is attached to the first generally planar member by forming a weld between the second generally planar member and the first generally planar member within a plurality of the openings.