Pickup truck box reinforcement for fifth wheel pedestal

摘要

A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.

主权项

1. A reinforcement welded to a pick-up bed floor comprising:
a panel having a central section defining an opening for receiving a gooseneck receptacle, a right section and a left section, the panel including a plurality of transversely extending stiffening ribs spaced from the floor in the right and left sections, and contacting the floor in the central section, the reinforcement disposed above a fifth wheel cross-member that receives a pedestal on pedestal receptacles.