Sliding and rotating bed divider

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9855979-B1
Application number	US-201615257037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	Sep 6, 2016
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A bed divider is provided for a bed of a truck. The bed divider includes a first guide track extending along a first axis and a second guide track extending along a second axis. The second guide track is displaceable along the first guide track. The bed divider also includes a carrier displaceable along the second guide track and a partition depending from the carrier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bed divider for a bed of a truck, comprising:
a first guide track extending along a first axis;
a second guide track extending along a second axis, said second guide track being displaceable along said first guide track;
a carrier displaceable along said second guide track; and
a partition depending from said carrier wherein said partition comprises a first panel mounted by a rotatable connector to said carrier, a second panel telescopingly received in a first end of said first panel and a third panel telescopingly received in a second end of said first panel.

2. The bed divider of claim 1 , wherein said first axis corresponds to an X-axis of said truck and said second axis corresponds to a Y-axis of said truck.

3. The bed divider of claim 1 , including a rotatable connector between said carrier and said partition allowing said partition to be angled with respect to said carrier.

4. The bed divider of claim 1 , further including a second carrier displaceable along said second guide track and a second partition depending from said second carrier.

5. A bed divider for a bed of a truck, comprising:
a first guide track extending along a first axis;
a second guide track extending along a second axis, said second guide track being displaceable along said first guide track;
a carrier displaceable along said second guide track;
a partition depending from said carrier; and
a rotatable connector between said carrier and said partition allowing said partition to be angled with respect to said carrier.

6. The bed divider of claim 5 , wherein said first guide track includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail.

7. The bed divider of claim 6 , wherein said second guide track includes a first slide and a second slide, wherein said first slide slides along said first guide rail and said second slide slides along said second guide rail.

8. The bed divider of claim 7 , further including a first lock to fix said second guide track in a first operating position along said first guide track.

9. The bed divider of claim 8 , further including a second lock to fix said carrier in a second operating position along said second guide track.

10. The bed divider of claim 9 , further including a third lock to fix said partition at a selected angle with respect to said carrier.

11. The bed divider of claim 10 , wherein said partition comprises a first panel mounted by said rotatable connector to said carrier, a second panel telescopingly received in a first end of said first panel and a third panel telescopingly received in a second end of said first panel.

12. The bed divider of claim 11 , further including a fourth lock to fix said second panel with respect to said first panel and a fifth lock to fix said third panel with respect to said first panel.

13. The bed divider of claim 12 , further including a second carrier displaceable along said second guide track and a second partition depending from said second carrier.

14. The bed divider of claim 13 , wherein said second partition comprises a fourth panel mounted by a second rotatable connector to said second carrier, a fifth panel telescopingly received in a third end of said fourth panel and a sixth panel telescopingly received in a fourth end of said fourth panel.

15. The bed divider of claim 14 , further including a sixth lock to fix said second carrier in a third operating position along said second guide track.

16. The bed divider of claim 15 , further including a seventh lock to fix said second partition at a second selected angle with respect to said second carrier.

17. The bed divider of claim 16 , further including an eighth lock to fix said fifth panel with respect to said fourth panel and a ninth lock to fix said sixth panel with respect to said fourth panel.

18. The bed divider of claim 7 , wherein said second guide track includes a third guide rail and a fourth guide rail.

19. The bed divider of claim 10 , wherein said second guide track includes a plurality of locking apertures and said second lock comprises a pin received in a fixing aperture in said carrier and one of said plurality of locking apertures in said second guide track.

20. The bed divider of claim 19 , wherein said third lock comprises a threaded knob received on a threaded shaft attached to said partition.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Ness Kyle
• Loew Pattrick

Classifications

• B62D33/02 Primary

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

• B60P7/14

  the load bracing means comprising a movable bulkhead · CPC title

• B60R7/02

  in separate luggage compartment {(B60R7/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60P7/135

  Securing or supporting by load bracing means · CPC title

• B60R5/04

  arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)} · CPC title