Pickup box with reinforced tie-down locations

摘要

One of more cross members of a pickup bed structure include a hole in a flange in a location that is advantageous for installation of aftermarket accessories. The hole does not extend through the floorpan itself. When customers install aftermarket accessories that require holes through the floorpan, the customers are encouraged to align the new holes with the holes in the cross members. Consequently, loads applied by the aftermarket accessories are efficiently transferred to the frame rails.

主权项

1. A truck bed comprising:
a beaded sheet metal floorpan having a generally flat imperforate region; and a cross member having a front flange welded to the floorpan and a rear flange welded to the floorpan, one of the front flange and rear flange defining a first hole abutting the flat imperforate region of the floorpan.