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A truck bed railing system including a bracket with depending legs with holes in the legs so that the brackets may be attached to the top of the rear side panel of a truck bed with screws. The top of said bracket has a U-shaped profile to mate with standard PVC pipe with the pipe serving as the bed rails. A metal sleeve fits in the cradle of the bracket. The sleeve is a hollow cylinder that holds the PVC pipe securely against the U-shaped upper portion of the bracket. Once the PVC pipe has been threaded through the sleeve, it is anchored with a screw passing through the sleeve, the pipe and the bracket, and further secured with a nut on the underside of the bracket. The brackets are designed to secure the railing to the truck bed. The brackets are placed on top of the side panels running the length of the truck bed, from the truck's cab to its tailgate. Typically four or six brackets would be used, one at each corner of the truck bed and, if desired, one in the middle of each side panel, halfway between the cab and the tailgate. Once the brackets have been installed, pipes of the desired length may easily be installed by threading them through the sleeves at each bracket and securing them with a screw through the pipe, the sleeve and the bracket. Old pipes can simply and inexpensively be replaced and many different railing configurations are possible. Various joints, elbows and T-connectors are available for PVC pipes, allowing one to customize the railing anti easily change the configuration to suit different needs as they arise. It would be possible to build the railing above the side panels of the truck bed in a cage-like arrangement. This system of truck bed rails provides functional bed rails which can be modified or replaced simply and inexpensively.
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