Abstract: The paper discharge mechanism comprises: a first side passage plate and a second side passage plate between which an S-shaped paper conveying passage is formed, wherein the second side passage plate comprises a paper jam detection plate and a paper pullout detection plate both pivotally connected on a frame; a first elastic element biasing the paper jam detection plate and a second elastic element biasing the paper pullout detection plate; and a first sensor and a second sensor. A surface of the paper jam detection plate facing paper is concave and is held against the paper and rotates in the direction away from the first side passage plate during paper jam; a surface of the paper pullout detection plate facing the paper is convex and is held against the paper and rotates in the direction away from the first side passage plate during paper pullout.

Abstract: A printing apparatus measures spectral intensity of a printed medium before an image is printed thereon, and calculates Mahalanobis distances with respect to plural types of reference printing media stored in advance. Then, the type of the printed medium is determined from the reference printing media based on the Mahalanobis distances and the image is printed thereon.

Abstract: This invention relates to a conductive thermal image receiver element that has an aqueous-based coatable dye-receiving layer comprising a water-dispersible acrylic polymer, a water-dispersible polyester, a water-dispersible conductive polymeric material and a surfactant. This invention also relates to a method for making this thermal image receiver element as well as method for using it to provide a dye image by thermal transfer from a donor element.

Abstract: A recording medium includes a substrate, a first ink receiving layer and a second ink receiving layer in that order. The first ink receiving layer contains at least one inorganic pigment selected from the group consisting of alumina, hydrated alumina and fumed silica, polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid compound. The second ink receiving layer contains fumed silica, particles having an average particle size in a specific range, polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid compound. The boric acid compound content in the first ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range, and the boric acid compound content in the second ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range. The particle content in the second ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range.

Abstract: A first embodiment is an image forming method having a liquid composition applying step of applying a liquid composition to a recording medium, an ink applying step of applying an ink to the recording medium, and a heating step of heating the recording medium, in which the ink contains a self-dispersible pigment and resin particles, the liquid composition contains an agglomerating component and wax particles, the heating temperature TH in the heating step, the softening point Tmp of the resin particles, and the melting point Tmw of the wax particles satisfy the relationship of Tmp<Tmw?TH, the penetration of the wax particles is 5 or less, and the application amount to the recording medium of wax particles X having a particle diameter equal to or larger than the film thickness D represented by a prescribed expression among the wax particles is 0.01 g/m2 or more.

Abstract: A layered printing plate that attains a high degree of clarity and improved clean out. The printing plate may include an oleophilic substrate, a laser absorbing imaging layer and an oleophobic silicon layer. One embodiment utilizes an amine resin rather than a traditional polymer as the basic organic matter of the imaging layer, adds of colloidal silica into the imaging layer to improve the cleanout properties, and utilizes a substrate that absorbs IR radiation rather than reflects it.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a flexible book binding with interchangeable pages are presented. A plurality of elongate rods include tips disposed on ends of the elongate rods. A plurality of flexible, elongate link members includes one or more openings disposed in the elongate link members. The one or more openings are formed to receive the tips of the elongate rods. A plurality of pages includes rod couplers disposed along edges of the plurality of pages. The rod couplers are formed to receive the elongate rods.

Abstract: A paper binding device comprises: a pair of binding members that has a pair of teeth portions, and presses to bind a bundle of paper sheets; a moving unit that causes one of the pair of binding members to move along with the other of the pair of binding members between a binding position at which the bundle of paper sheets is bound and a retracted position; a separating unit that moves coordinating with movement of the one of the pair of binding members, and when the one of the pair of binding members moves from the binding position to the retracted position, that contacts with the bundle of the paper sheets and causes the bundle of paper sheets to separate from the one of the pair of binding members; and a restricting member that stops the separating unit at a restricting position between the binding position and the retracted position, when the one of the pair of the binding members moves from the binding position to the retracted position.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing table to which a printed sheet is transported, a positioning member that positions the sheet, a cutter that cuts the positioned sheet into a binding margin portion and an image portion, and a taping unit that joins the binding margin portion and the image portion together with a tape in a state in which a gap is formed therebetween.

Abstract: A magnetic sheet system providing flexible magnetic sheets that are digitally printable on both sides and that serve as magnetic postcard stocks for production of customized magnetic postcards.

Abstract: A transaction card has a substructure consisting at least in part of a layer of fibrous material, such as carbon fiber strands or filaments, arranged in a pre-selected pattern, such as a weave pattern, that is at least partially enclosed by a transparent plastic film. A sheet is laminated on each of two opposing faces of the substructure to form a transaction card core. One or both of the sheets laminated on the opposing faces of the substructure is also made of a transparent material, and one or both of the two opposing faces of the transaction card core can be printed. An over-laminate film, such as a transparent polyvinyl chloride plastic film, can be laminated on each of two opposing faces of the transaction card core.

Abstract: A drawing tool is provided for assisting artists in transcribing images onto a blank medium. The device is a drawing frame of geometrical shape and has a plurality of notches disposed along the outer perimeter length. These notches are channels cut out of the edge, forming protruding segments between any two notches. Protruding segments are used as anchor sites for a series of elastic threads. A portion of the threads is wound around protruding segments disposed on opposing dies of the frame body, thereby stretching the elastic thread across the front surface of the frame body. A first grouping of the threads is secured in parallel lateral alignment, while a second group is secured in a parallel longitudinal alignment. This configuration presents a grid pattern that can be laid over an image or blank piece of paper to serve as a guide for transcription.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for laminating a substrate with a decoration (104), wherein the substrate comprises a first portion (114) and a second portion (116), wherein the method simultaneously comprises membrane lamination and press lamination, wherein the press lamination is carried out in a first region (118) of the decoration (104), and the membrane lamination is carried out in a second region (122) of the decoration (104), wherein the first region (118) directly borders the second region (122), wherein the first region (118) comprises the first portion fully and the second portion partially, and wherein the second region comprises the part of the second portion that is not contained in the first region (118).

Abstract: A method of digital continuous and simultaneous three-dimensional painting and three-dimensional drawing with steps of providing a digital electronic canvas having a screen and capable of presenting two pictures for a right eye and a left eye; providing means for continuous changing of a virtual distance between the digital electronic canvas and a painter by digitally changing a horizontal shifting between images for the right eye and the left eye on the digital electronic canvas corresponding to instant virtual canvas position; providing at least one three-axis input control device allowing digital painting or drawing on the digital electronic canvas; painting on the digital electronic canvas for any instant virtual positions of the digital electronic canvas providing simultaneous appearance of a similar stroke on the images for the right eye and the left eye.

Abstract: A paint caddy includes a base having at least two walls and a pole coupled to and extending upwardly from the base. The base has at least one base support extending between the walls for capturing and supporting a paint tray therebetween. The pole has at least a substantially vertical portion and a substantially horizontal portion, with the substantially horizontal portion serving as a handle for carrying a paint tray. A hook extends from the pole and is positioned below and spaced from the handle.

Abstract: A system for packing a human-powerable vehicle uses an inner annular module that can be incorporated into a wheel. The inner annular module has a open central region, attachment points for steel spokes in tension that radiate out from the annular module, and a feature to facilitate the detachable attachment of a hub by a user, so that a user detachable hub can be installed in the open central region when the annular module is used as part of a vehicle wheel. Removal of the hub facilitates the placement of the module over the axle of a second wheel. The attachment points for the spokes that radiate outward are in a circular configuration that is concentric with the center of the annular module. The attachment points for the spokes are on two parallel planes.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a generally planar wheel, including a multi-layer cardboard body having at least one layer of a high-density cardboard sheet sandwiched between at least two layers of low-density cardboard sheet.

Abstract: The hubless wheel system includes an inner ring assembly having a main stationary ring and a plurality of inner ring mounting brackets positioned within the main stationary ring, a first bearing and a second bearing mounted onto the main stationary ring, a side plate positioned in communicating relation with the second bearing, a middle ring assembly mounted onto the bearings of the inner ring assembly, and an outer ring mounted on the middle ring assembly. The middle ring assembly has a middle ring and a brake disc positioned in communicating relation with the middle ring. The outer ring has an inner portion and a plurality of outer ring mounting brackets positioned on the inner portion of the outer ring, and a bracket assembly positioned within the main stationary ring. The hubless wheel system can include a drive assembly, a step-lock assembly, a side wheel assembly, and a suspension assembly.

Abstract: A cassette seal includes a first and a second ring, wherein the axial sections and the radial sections of the first and second ring are aligned approximately parallel to one another, forming an interior in which a sealing arrangement arranged on the first ring engages in the direction of the second ring and a gap is formed between the radial section of the first ring and the axial section of the second ring. A fixed additional element extends on the side of the axial section of the second ring facing away from the interior, and the rises in the direction of the radial section of the first ring above the axial section of the second ring with a protrusion. The protrusion has a downward slope in the direction of the second ring, to form the gap.

Abstract: A spare stub assembly has a circular flange attached to a spindle that has been inserted within a hole centrally located in the central flange. A set of holes are disposed symmetrically about the large flat surface of the flange. The back end of the spindle is placed within a tubular member that has a corresponding second flange attached at an end thereof. This second flange likewise has a central hole and a set of holes disposed symmetrically about the large flat surface of the second flange. The back end of the spindle is inserted within the hole in the second flange associated with the tubular member and onwards therein; this is followed by the bolts and locking nuts application between the two sets of flanged holes thereby locking the two flanges together and permitting easy replacement of a worn spindle. Another spare stub assembly attached similarly to a third flange that is itself attached to the other end of the tubular member opposite the first flange is an option.

Abstract: This tire lift caddy has a rectangular frame supported on casters, and a pair of rollers mounted therein across the frame. The rollers are guided along a respective pair of inclined slots in the side of the frame. A threaded rod extends along a length of the frame. A pair of push bar assemblies are mounted to the threaded rod and to the axles of said rollers for moving the rollers in unison along the slots upon a rotation of the threaded rod. The threaded rod has a left-hand thread thereon and a cylindrical handle on a working end thereof. The cylindrical handle can be worked with the palm of the hand, or finely adjusted with the fingers to raise the rollers to a desired level. The rollers have a central groove in surfaces thereof for nesting the threaded rod therein when the rollers are in their lowermost positions.

Abstract: A selectively deployable wheel assembly attachment for attaching to a conventional animal cage, often in pairs, to allow the cage to be rolled when desired without compromising the cage's general stability on a flat surface. The selectively deployable wheel assembly attachment includes a wheel assembly which includes a conventional wheel which is connected to an axle member and a fixed attachment mechanism which includes an attachment plate and an attachment elbow. In some embodiments, the selectively deployable wheel assembly attachment additionally includes an auxiliary support assembly which includes an adjustment plate and an adjustment loop for providing enhanced stability when the wheel assembly is in its deployed position.

Abstract: A traction material dispensing apparatus including at least one of a traction material dispensing unit disposed within a wheel well of a vehicle, proximal both a front and a rear of a vehicle tire. Each traction material dispensing unit includes a storage cartridge, a mounting bracket assembly, and a solenoid housing. A solenoid, a knife, and a stopper are disposed within the solenoid housing. The stopper is in operational communication with the solenoid and is configured to block a pathway of the solenoid. A traction material is disposed within the storage cartridge. A transmitter sends a wireless activation signal to the receiver, which activates the solenoid, in turn actuating the stopper, which releases the traction material from within the storage cartridge onto a road proximal the tire.

Abstract: An airless tire has a wheel portion and a webbing extending from the wheel portion towards an axis of rotation of the airless tire. The diameter of an annular outer surface of the wheel portion varies along an axial direction of the airless tire.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having a carcass 11, at least one circumferential belt layer 17 provided on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass 11, and plural intersecting belt layers 18 provided on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the circumferential belt layer 17, at least one of the plural intersecting belt layers having wider belt width in the tire widthwise direction than the circumferential belt layer 17, comprising: at least one layer of end-portion circumferential belt 15 provided in respective tire widthwise tread end regions on the outer side of the carcass 11 and on the inner side of the circumferential belt layer 17 in the tire radial direction; and at least one layer of slant belt 16 provided in the tire widthwise tread central region on the outer side of the carcass 11 and on the inner side of the circumferential belt layer 17 in the tire radial direction.

Abstract: Tread for a tire for a heavy goods vehicle of total thickness E and of total volume V, having at least one continuous groove comprising: at least two wearing layers in the thickness of the tread, each having a thickness at most equal to 75% of the total thickness E of the tread, a plurality of external cavities and a plurality of internal cavities positioned radially and entirely on the inside of the tread surface in the new state, each internal cavity being connected to an external cavity by a connecting channel, and having a total voids volume Vc at least equal to 7% and at most equal to 12% of a volume equal to the sum of the total volume V and of the total voids volume, and having an effective voids volume Ve for each wearing layer less than the total voids volume Vc, and satisfying the equation: 0.4 St<Ve<0.8 St, wherein 0.4 and 0.

Abstract: A tire for a heavy goods vehicle, having a tread having a tread surface provided in the new state with at least one groove delimited by opposing side walls, this groove opening onto the tread surface in a discontinuous manner by way of a plurality of portions that are open towards the exterior of the tread, these open portions having two ends that are extended under the tread surface by channels having inlets connected to the ends of the open portions, these inlets to the channels having a mean surface area S. This tread is such that each open portion on the tread surface is provided at each of its ends with a closure device for partially closing the cross section of the inlets to the channels when the tire is running and for leaving a passage unclosed.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel including a hub and a rim coupled to the hub. The wheel also includes a cover that is coupled to rim and that defines a bead seat engageable by a tire. The rim can have a first annular feature and the cover can have a second annular feature that is complementary to the first annular feature to attach the cover to the rim.

Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread, at least one belt, and a pair of sidewalls, with each sidewall forming an outermost point of a side of the tire. The tire further includes a pair of bead portions and at least one carcass ply extending circumferentially about the tire from one bead portion to the other. The tire also has a chafer having a first portion radially below the bead portion and the carcass ply, and a second portion axially outward from the bead portion and the carcass ply, wherein the sidewall is located radially below the first portion of the chafer and axially outward from the second portion of the chafer. A sidewall gum strip extends radially upward from the second portion of the chafer. The sidewall gum strip is located axially between the carcass ply turn-up end and at least a portion of the chafer.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which a cavity resonance sound is reduced while punctures are easily repaired with a puncture sealant. The pneumatic tire has a fibrous region where short fibers are bonded onto an inner surface of the tire. A circumferential fiberless region where short fibers are not bonded onto the inner surface of the tire extends circumferentially between both ends of a tread ground contact area.

Abstract: An ID code learning device includes a RF transceiving module, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) module, and a processing circuit. The RF transceiving module receives RF signals, and each of the RF signals contains an ID code. The RSSI module is electrically connected to the RF transceiving module to detect signal strengths of the RF signals received by the RF transceiving module. The processing circuit is electrically connected to the RF transceiving module and the received signal strength indication module respectively. The received signal strength indication module detects the RF signal with the highest signal strength, the processing circuit pairs the ID code thereof with a predetermined tire location code, and then the RF transceiving module transmits a pairing result out.

Abstract: A wheel sensor (4) comprises sensing means for sensing one or more conditions within a pneumatic tire (2) of a wheel (1) and an attachment means configured to secure said sensing means to the wheel rim (3); wherein said sensor (4) further comprises an optical sensor (6) pointing towards the inside surface (12) of said tire (2) for receiving radiation radiated from said inside surface (12); whereby temperature values may be derived representative of said tire surface temperature.

Abstract: An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel is disclosed. The inflation work station includes at least one inflation probe including a female portion and a male portion. The male portion is arrangeable with respect to the female portion in one of a non-mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an offline orientation and a mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an online orientation. The inflation work station further includes a working device including a controller, at least one movement actuator connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe. The at least one movement actuator imparts movement to the male portion to result in the online/offline orientation of the at least one inflation probe. The inflation work station includes at least one valve connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe.

Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame having a front frame portion, a mid-frame portion, and a rear frame portion. The mid-frame portion is coupled to the rear frame portion and the front frame portion. The vehicle further includes a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame. The front frame portion is removably coupled to the mid-frame portion with a plurality of frame members extending between the front frame portion and the mid-frame portion.

Abstract: 1. Objective: Endurance of a dust cover 50 mounted on a suspension device wherein a top spring seat 85 is formed to be inclined to an axis of a shock absorber 10 and disposed rotatably about a top seat axis inclined to an axis of a shock absorber 10 is improved. 2. Means for Solution: The suspension device comprises a rotation prevention portion 100 so that the dust cover 50 cannot rotate relatively a top seat portion 90 about an axis of the top seat portion 90. The rotation prevention portion 100 comprises two convex portions 110 formed in the top seat portion 90 and two concave portions 120 formed in a top connecting portion 60 of the dust cover 50.

Abstract: A modular control system is adapted to adjust an aftermarket system in a vehicle via the vehicle head unit. The head unit includes a user interface operable by the user to control the aftermarket system. An aftermarket control unit is in communication with the user interface of the vehicle head unit, the aftermarket control unit receiving an aftermarket control signal from the vehicle head unit as a results of an input by the user at the head unit. The aftermarket control unit is in communication with the aftermarket system, wherein the aftermarket control unit may operate the aftermarket system in response to the user input. The aftermarket system may be an air suspension system.

Abstract: A method for reducing power consumption in an active suspension system through the selective use of high performance, associated with high power demand, only in situations instantaneously deemed to provide a high ratio of benefit to cost. Input events are classified ahead of time, and are identified during operation of the system, ahead of time if possible through the use of look-ahead sensing or statistical analysis, or at the beginning of the event through the use of motion sensing. Once an event is detected, an estimation of the cost and benefits for an intervention of the active suspension system is made, and the intervention is scaled in a way to provide a good compromise. Relying on the nonlinearity of the cost and benefit expressions, this leads to overall reduced power consumption with small loss in perceived benefit.

Abstract: A vehicle drive energy management and active suspension control system and operative methodology in which ground/pathway anomalies are sensed and the relationship thereof to the vehicle chassis is used to enable or automatically effect adjustment of chassis supporting actuators to reduce resisting effects and/or increase assisting effects of the encountered ground/pathway anomalies and thus reduce the vehicle drive energy that would otherwise be required to efficiently move the vehicle in the intended direction, yet maintain the stability of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a climate control system configured to regulate temperature within a cabin. The vehicle also includes a battery compartment disposed within the trunk, and a soft trim component that at least partially defines space within the trunk of the vehicle. The vehicle is further provided with a rigid insulative material formed upon and supporting a section of the soft trim such that the insulative material and section define a duct fluidly connecting the cabin and battery compartment in order to cool the battery compartment.

Abstract: A mass transit vehicle includes a frame and a cabin mounted to the frame. The cabin includes a roof and a passenger zone defining a passenger zone length. An air cleaning unit includes an air cleaner housing mounted to the roof. The air cleaning unit is operable to draw in air through an inlet, through an air cleaning device, and discharge a flow of cleaned air out of an outlet. An air conditioning unit includes an air conditioner housing separate from the air cleaner housing. The air conditioning unit is operable to draw in air through an inlet, through an air conditioning device, and discharge a flow of conditioned air out of an outlet. The outlet of the air conditioning device is in communication with a duct system to direct the flow of conditioned air to the cabin substantially evenly along the passenger zone length.

Abstract: A baffle (10) for a venting valve for reducing the admission of sound into the interior in particular of a motor vehicle, including at least one air guiding channel (16, 18, 20, 22) having a labyrinth geometry.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a cooler including a first radiator, a cooling fan sending air flow to the first radiator, a reservoir tank connected with the first radiator to store a cooling fluid, and a water pump circulating the cooling fluid. A water-cooled condenser is connected with the cooling line to condense superheated steam and a two-phase refrigerant, which includes gas and liquid, by heat exchange with the cooling fluid. An air-cooled condenser is connected with the water-cooled condenser through a refrigerant line in series to condense the refrigerant by heat exchanging with external air as the vehicle travels and to discharge the condensed refrigerant to a receiver drier.

Abstract: An absorption plate for a vehicle is crossed by a stream of liquid absorbent fluid flowing between two exchange surfaces arranged relatively opposite one another. The exothermal absorption of a coolant fluid in vapor phase takes place through the exchange surfaces by increasing a concentration of the coolant fluid in the absorbent fluid. The relative arrangement of the two exchange surfaces forces at least one portion of the stream of absorbent fluid to pass at least once through one of the exchange surfaces and causes mixing of the stream of the absorbed fluid.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system (1) includes an HVAC unit (2) in which a first refrigerant evaporator (7) and a second refrigerant condenser (8) are disposed in an air channel (6) communicating with a vehicle interior space; and a heat pump cycle (3) in which a refrigerant compressor (9), a refrigerant switching device (10), a first refrigerant condenser (11) that exchanges heat with the outside air, a first expansion valve (14), and a first refrigerant evaporator (7) are connected in sequence and in which the second refrigerant condenser (8) is connected in parallel with the first refrigerant condenser (11) via the refrigerant switching device (10). An exhaust-heat recovery circuit (23) equipped with a second refrigerant evaporator (18) disposed in a ventilation channel (19) from the vehicle interior and a second expansion valve (17) is connected in parallel with the first expansion valve (14) and the first refrigerant evaporator (7) of the heat pump cycle (3).

Abstract: An air contaminant filtration system (10) for a cabin (12) includes an external air drawing system (14) for drawing air from an atmosphere surrounding the cabin (12). The system also includes an internal air extraction system (16) for drawing air from an atmosphere within the cabin (120, a main filtration system (18), and a filtered air delivery system (20). In the system, air drawn from the external drawing system (14) and from the internal air extraction system (16) is directed towards the main filtration system (18) for filtration and the filtered air is then directed towards the filtered air delivery system (20) for delivery to the cabin (12).

Abstract: A transit window assembly for a vehicle includes a panel. A support frame is attached to the panel. An egress frame is removably attached to the support frame. A mounting frame is attached to the vehicle. The egress frame is linked to the mounting frame. A release actuator is attached to the egress frame. A latching mechanism is coupled to the release actuator latching and unlatching the panel relative to the mounting frame preventing and allowing movement of the panel relative to the mounting frame between open and closed positions. The latching mechanism is attached to the egress frame and mounting frame and retains the panel in two directions.

Abstract: A guiding rail system for a car curtain comprises: a guiding rail main body in strip which is separatively set on the interior trim on both sides of a windshield, in combination with a car curtain; it is characterized in that: plural positioning parts in sheet with an U-shaped section, which have a bottom, a front clipping piece and a rear clipping piece for clipping on the destined edge of the interior trim; and plural snap pieces, wherein the first end of the snap pieces is set in the guiding rail main body, while the second end of the snap pieces is easily inserted in or detached from the gap between the front clipping piece and the interior trim, thus a guiding rail main body that is easily assembled and disassembled is achieved.

Abstract: A lighting system for a vehicle is provided. The lighting system includes a sensor module, a control mode, a shutter glass, and a headlamp module. The sensor module senses light entering from outside of the vehicle to generate a sensing signal. The control module generates shutter and lighting operation signals based on the sensing signal. The shutter glass is opened and closed according to the shutter operation signal. The headlamp module has a light source unit that alternately emits a first light having a first luminance and a second light having a second luminance according to the lighting operation signal. The control module controls the shutter and lighting operation signals to enable the light source unit to alternately emit the first and second lights in synchronization with the opening and closing operations of the shutter glass.

Abstract: A sliding door support apparatus of a vehicle may include a rail of which one end is mounted to be pivotably movable to a vehicle body, a slider fitted movably along the rail and coupled thereto, and connected in a pivotably movable manner to a front lower portion of a vehicle door, and a gas spring connected to the slider to apply an external force to the vehicle door through the slider through an outer side along a width direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A cap for the cargo bed of a pickup truck has a rigid internal frame with spaced front and rear frame members connected by longitudinally extending upper side rails and longitudinally extending bottom plates, said frame being supported on side walls of the pickup truck. A lightweight shell extends over the rigid frame and is supported on the side walls of the truck. A plurality of posts are attached to the side rails and extend vertically through holes formed in the shell and have one or more storage racks attached to the posts whereby all of the weight of the storage racks and cargo supported thereon is transmitted through the internal frame and supported by the truck body. The frame members are formed of T-slotted members providing support for sundry items inside the shell.