US 11,891,124 B2
Modular mounting system with removable cross-bars and side panels for truck beds and the like
William H. Kiefer, IV, Elizabethtown, PA (US); and Nathan T. Sutherland, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Assigned to N.B. ADVENTURES LLC, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Filed by N.B. Adventures LLC, Wyomissing, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,893.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,647, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324522 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B60R 9/06 (2006.01); B60R 9/10 (2006.01); B60R 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/0207 (2013.01) [B60R 9/06 (2013.01); B60R 9/08 (2013.01); B60R 9/10 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular mounting system for mounting accessories on vehicles, comprising:
a) a plurality of support members, each of said plurality of support members having a lower section configured to attach to an upper region of a peripheral wall around a vehicle bed at a height below a tonneau cover that extends over the vehicle bed and having an upper section extending to a height above the tonneau cover for support of accessories at a location above said tonneau cover, said support members being configured to allow operation of said tonneau cover without interfering with operation of the tonneau cover; and
b) a removable side panel removably and directly attached to a plurality of said upper sections of said plurality of support members with a plurality of brackets.