Upright Member Patents (Class 224/565)
  • Patent number: 8905282
    Abstract: An accessory mounting apparatus is provided for coupling to a vehicle roll bar. The accessory mounting apparatus illustratively includes a driver side clamping device configured to be secured to a driver side upright of the roll bar, and a passenger side clamping device configured to be secured to the passenger side upright of the roll bar. Protective sleeves cooperate with the clamping devices to protect the roll bar from damaging contact therewith. A laterally extending cross member extends between the driver side clamping device and the passenger side clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason E. Miller, Brent Terry, Garric Henry
  • Publication number: 20140252057
    Abstract: A modular shelving assembly for use in a vehicle, including a cargo space at least partially defined by a floor and a side wall of the vehicle, includes at least two interconnected upright assemblies. Each of the upright assemblies includes a first panel, a second panel, and a coupler member unitizing the first and second panels. The modular shelving assembly further includes a rail secured to one of the floor and the side wall to which at least one of the interconnected upright assemblies is anchored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Bradley P. Workman, Robert W. Burkhardt, Jose M. Gamboa, Dennis Bazzy, Javier Castillo, Jennifer Voelker, William Wright, Andrew Poole
  • Patent number: 8631983
    Abstract: A holder and vehicle storage system are provided for securely retaining objects, such as in the glove compartments of automobiles, trucks, boats, etc. The holder may be mounted to the inside of a glove compartment door such that it is out of sight when the glove compartment door is closed. The vehicle storage system uses a conventional latch mechanism to mount the holder to the door without the need for additional fasteners. An object may be retained within the holder through the use of two undercut tabs for snap-fit reception of the object. The holder and vehicle storage system may be used to hold electronic instruments having sensitive components that would otherwise be damaged during movement of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: CVG Management Corporation
    Inventor: Albert Stephen King
  • Patent number: 8567650
    Abstract: A storage box and a supporting bracket assembly are provided for use in the bed of a pickup style truck. The storage box has a base with a bottom and a plurality of side walls. The bracket assembly includes a box engaging portion, a hook portion and an adjustable support leg. The box and bracket have an installed position wherein the hook portion engages the upper rail of a bed of a pickup style bed, the outer end of the adjustable support leg engages a wall extending downwardly from the upper rail of the bed and the storage box is supported on the bracket assembly adjacent the wall of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Angus Read, Brian Bruce Clarkson, Michael Merril Springer, Keith Alan Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20110147425
    Abstract: A vehicle equipment mount for mounting one or more pieces of equipment within a vehicle, the vehicle equipment mount includes a base component that includes a floor plate, a middle plate, and an instrument mount plate, wherein the middle plate is movable with respect to the floor plate, and wherein the instrument mount plate connects with the middle plate. At least one first cradle connects to the instrument mount plate, the at least one first cradle being operable to hold a piece of equipment therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
    Inventor: John M. Di Miceli
  • Patent number: 6769584
    Abstract: A double decker article carrier for mounting to a receiver assembly includes a frame having a pair of mounting bars for securing the frame to the receiver assembly and a pair of support members. A first platform is carried by the mounting bars and a second platform is carried by the support members. The platforms are carried in an aligned, stacked configuration with one over the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Cequent Towning Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine A. Adams, Jason R. Moldthan, Richard W. McCoy
  • Patent number: 6726074
    Abstract: A modular utility carrier to mount to a folded-down windshield assembly of a vehicle has a body tray having a length, width and height, the body tray formed by side walls and a bottom wall forming an upward-facing cavity, and a plurality of attachment assemblies connected to the body and having each an attachment interface to provide a releasable attachment to the folded-down windshield. Various embodiments are taught as well as methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: SoundStarts, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Boys
  • Patent number: 6546598
    Abstract: A vehicle luggage compartment structure, facilitating the putting in and taking out of small articles from a tray provided in a luggage compartment, and enabling the luggage compartment to be partitioned by the tray by fixing a box to a floor surface of the luggage compartment. A first protruding portion and a second protruding portion for engagement of the tray are engaged with a first guide groove and a first anchor hole of the box, respectively, to hold the tray in the box. By sliding the first protruding portion for engagement along the first guide groove to pull the tray out to the rear of the vehicle, a top wall of the luggage compartment no longer covers an open top side of the tray, thereby enabling small articles to be easily placed into and taken out from the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya Nakanou, Toshimitsu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6142349
    Abstract: A weaponry holder for an all terrain vehicle includes a planar, rectangular attachment plate having stabilizing bars perpendicularly extending from each comer thereof. The distal ends of each stabilizing bar are outwardly flared allowing a weaponry case to be wedged therebetween. Each of two opposing edges of the attachment plate include one or more loops with a loop on a first side having a strap permanently attached thereto. The opposing end of the strap is removably attachable to the opposing loop to further secure the weaponry case between the stabilizing bars. The plate further includes a securing means for further securing the plate to a cargo rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Melanie Roberson
  • Patent number: 6010046
    Abstract: A storage box assembly for a truck cargo compartment with sidewalls and a bottom. A pair of storage boxes (54, 56) are mounted on a frame (12) for lateral movement towards and away from each other (FIG. 3). Vertically adjustable columns (22) are provided at the corners of the frame (12). They are fitable within the storage compartment (FIG. 3) and are adapted for raising and lowering the frame (12) to move the frame (12) between a lowered position (FIG. 1) and a raised position (FIG. 2). When the frame (12) is in its lowered position the storage boxes (54, 56) are down within the cargo compartment. When the frame (12) is in its raised position the storage boxes (54, 56) are elevated above the bottom (32) of the cargo compartment. The storage boxes (54, 56) are adapted to moved laterally inwardly towards each other, so that when the frame (12) is in its lowered position (FIG. 1), the storage boxes (54, 56) can be placed between the sides (36, 38) of the cargo compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Coleman J. Neeser
  • Patent number: 5938094
    Abstract: A collapsible container for storing and dispensing a series of plastic trash bags. The dispenser may be mounted in an automotive vehicle in a convenient location for the users.In its operative condition, the dispenser container has an upright tubular configuration wherein an upper end panel has an opening for suspending a trash bag within the tubular container. Two opposed side panels of the tubular container can be folded inwardly between two major panels of the container so that the container can be collapsed into a compact flattened condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventors: Dennis P. Forhan, Richard S. Taylor