CPC B60N 3/104 (2013.01) [B60P 3/205 (2013.01); B60P 7/08 (2013.01); B62D 33/048 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A cold-storage container assembly for a pickup truck that provides multiple access points, the assembly comprising:
a passenger cabin, the passenger cabin including a rear wall;
a cargo bed adjacent the passenger cabin, the cargo bed including a header portion, a floor portion, and two opposing side-wall portions cooperating to defining a cargo space, the header portion being adjacent to the rear wall;
a passageway between the cargo bed and an interior of the passenger cabin; and
a cold-storage container disposed in the cargo bed, the cold-storage container including a first opening configured to provide access to an interior of the cold-storage container from a location in the cargo bed, and a second opening configured to provide access to the interior of the cold-storage container from a location in the passenger cabin, the passageway being elevationally aligned with the cold storage container, whereby a plane parallel to the ground passes through both the passageway and the cold storage container,
the floor portion of the cargo bed including a recess area configured to receive a portion of the cold-storage container, the recess area being shaped to retain the cold-storage container in a fixed location within the cargo bed.
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