UTILITY TRUCK BED

摘要

Disclosed is a utility truck bed comprising one or more of the following elements: (i) two worker stations located behind the cabin of the truck, each of which comprises a passenger well with a floor that is horizontally positioned below the bottom plane of the rest of the bed; (ii) a safety gate on the outside of the bed that slides horizontally to provide access to the well; (iii) a safety harness for connecting the worker to a fixed portion of the assembly; (iv) a sliding safety gate adjacent the passenger well on the inside of the bed; and (v) storage compartments positioned on the back of the truck bed, each extending longitudinally away from each worker station and positioned to provide sufficient space between each compartment to place working materials that do not fit in the storage compartments. Each storage compartment may include a closed box portion, an open box portion with guide rails to accommodate materials but allow the worker to have full view of the road behind the truck, and a safety guard to keep materials secured within the open box.

主权项

1. A utility truck bed comprising:
a horizontal truck bed platform having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a well extending downward from said horizontal truck bed platform, said well having a front side wall, a rear side wall, an interior side wall extending between said front side wall and said rear side wall, and a well floor attached to a bottom edge of said front, rear, and interior side walls, wherein said front side wall and said rear side wall of said well extend parallel to said front edge and said rear edge, respectively, of said truck bed platform; a first storage compartment on said top surface of said truck bed platform positioned inward from said first side of said truck bed platform a distance at least equal to a length of said front and rear side walls of said well; and a second storage compartment on said top surface of said truck bed platform positioned between said first storage compartment and said first side edge of said truck bed platform, and between said well and said rear edge of said truck bed platform, said second storage compartment having a height dimension that is shorter than a height dimension of said first storage compartment.