Water collection system for a pickup truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173618-B2
Application number	US-201715605530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2017
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A pickup truck including a truck bed, a truck box, a storage tank, and a water filtration system is provided. The truck box is mounted to the truck bed and defines a cavity. The storage tank has a valve arranged to control release of liquid received within the cavity into the storage tank. The water filtration system is disposed between, and in fluid communication with, the cavity and storage tank. Walls of the storage tank may be defined by a bumper. The water filtration system may include a strainer at a pass-through open to the cavity and a filter downstream of the pass-through. An air relief valve may be open to the storage tank. The storage tank may be mounted at a location on the truck adjacent a rear bumper of the truck.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pickup truck comprising:
a truck bed;
a truck box mounted to the truck bed and defining a cavity;
a storage tank having a valve arranged to control release of liquid received within the cavity into the storage tank; and
a water filtration system disposed between, and in fluid communication with, the cavity and storage tank.

2. The pickup truck of claim 1 , wherein walls of the storage tank are defined by a bumper.

3. The pickup truck of claim 1 , wherein the water filtration system includes a strainer at a pass-through open to the cavity and a filter downstream of the pass-through.

4. The pickup truck of claim 1 further comprising an air relief valve open to the storage tank.

5. The pickup truck of claim 1 , wherein the storage tank is mounted at a location on the truck adjacent a rear bumper of the truck.

6. The pickup truck of claim 1 , wherein the storage tank is arranged with the truck bed such that water stored within the storage tank dissipates energy from a rear impact with the truck.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Pena Casimiro Jesus Alejandro
• Gutierrez Jose Humberto
• Rios Rendon Juan Pablo
• Horta Gabriel
• Mondragon Norberto

Classifications

• B60R19/20 Primary

  containing {mainly} gas or liquid, e.g. inflatable (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00) · CPC title

• B60R13/07

  Water drainage or guide means not integral with roof structure (B60R13/06, {B60J10/25} take precedence; {integral with roof structure B62D25/07; drainage openings having movable or removable closures B62D25/24}) · CPC title

• B62D33/02 Primary

  Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} · CPC title

• B60R19/48

  combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds · CPC title

• C02F1/001

  Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00) · CPC title