LOAD CARRYING ASSEMBLY

摘要

A load carrying assembly 10 for use with a pick-up truck 2 having a load carrying bed 3, includes a first load bearing structure 12 and a second load bearing structure 14 which are both mounted to the truck 2 above the bed 3. The structure 12 includes a cross member 24 and a pair of spaced apart upright support members 26. The structure 14 includes a cross member 32 and a pair of spaced apart upright support members 34. The assembly 10 further includes an interlocking system 22 comprising connecting formations in the form of bolt holes 30 defined through the members 24, 26, 32, 34 and nuts and bolts for releasably bolting the structures 12, 14 to one another in an arrangement wherein the members 24, 32 abut one another and the members 26, 34 abut one another, thereby to form a unitary combined load bearing structure 42 in an arrangement wherein the structures 12, 14 structurally support one another, thereby to provide for enhanced stable support of the load by the structure 42.

主权项

1. A load carrying assembly for use with a vehicle having a load carrying bed for carrying a load, the load carrying assembly including:
a first bearing structure which is mountable to the vehicle above the load carrying bed of the vehicle, the first load bearing structure including a cross member and a pair of spaced apart upright support members near opposite ends of the cross member, which are mounted to the vehicle, in use; a second load bearing structure which is mountable to the vehicle above the load carrying bed of the vehicle, the second load bearing structure including a cross member and a pair of spaced apart upright support members near opposite ends of the cross member; which are mounted to the vehicle in use; and interlocking means configured for releasably interlocking the first load bearing structure and the second load bearing structure to one another in an arrangement wherein the upright support members and the cross members of the load bearing structures abut one another, thereby to form a unitary combined load bearing structure in a structural supporting arrangement wherein the first and second load bearing structures structurally support one another, thereby to provide for enhanced stable support of the load by the unitary combined load bearing structure:, wherein the first load bearing structure and the second load bearing structure each have profiled faces which are complementary to one another and which abut one another when the load bearing structures are releasably interlocked to one another.