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An improved sport and utility rack bracket particularly for use with pickup trucks. The bracket is a cantilevered assembly mounted on a side rail defining a portion of the cargo area of a pickup truck. The bracket has a rack attached thereto. The free end of the bracket, i.e., the cantilevered porti

An improved sport and utility rack bracket particularly for use with pickup trucks. The bracket is a cantilevered assembly mounted on a side rail defining a portion of the cargo area of a pickup truck. The bracket has a rack attached thereto. The free end of the bracket, i.e., the cantilevered portion of the bracket, is parallel to or at some angle to the horizontal plane of the truck bed, transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

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A cantilevered sport and utility rack bracket for mounting on a pickup truck, said truck having a rear cargo area, the interior of which being defined forwardly by a truck cab, rearwardly by a tail gate, along the sides by vertical, opposite side walls, and on the bottom by a cargo bed, the top of e

A cantilevered sport and utility rack bracket for mounting on a pickup truck, said truck having a rear cargo area, the interior of which being defined forwardly by a truck cab, rearwardly by a tail gate, along the sides by vertical, opposite side walls, and on the bottom by a cargo bed, the top of each vertical side wall terminating in a horizontal rail running the length of the side wall, said rail being directed horizontally toward the cargo area interior, said rail terminating in a downwardly extending stiffener flange running the length of the rail, said stiffener flange lying in a plane interior to and generally parallel to the plane of the side wall, comprising: an upper flange positioned horizontally and perpendicularly with reference to a side wall, said upper flange being a flat, generally elongated, member having a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides and two ends, one defined as the free, forward end and the other as the rear, connecting end, wherein an axis from the free, forward end to the rear, connecting end is defined as the upper flange longitudinal axis, wherein a sport and utility rack is attached to the upper flange top surface; a vertical connecting flange positioned generally vertically with reference to said side wall and connected thereto, said vertical connecting flange being a flat, generally elongated, member having a top end, a bottom end, an inner surface, an outer surface, and two sides, said top end being joined to the upper flange bottom surface at a junction line at a distance of approximately one-fifth of the longitudinal upper flange length from the rear, connecting end, said junction line being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the upper flange, the portion of the upper flange extending from the junction line to the rear, connecting end being defined as the upper flange support portion, the plane of the vertical connecting flange being perpendicular to the plane of the upper flange, wherein an axis between the vertical connecting flange top end and bottom end is defined as the vertical connecting flange longitudinal axis, wherein the side-to-side widths of the upper flange and vertical connecting flange are the same; a lower flange, connected to said vertical connecting flange at a positioned below said upper flange, said lower flange being a shaped, flat, generally elongated member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and two sides, said member being divided into a forward section with a forward end, and a rear section, wherein an axis along the forward section defines the lower flange longitudinal axis; and a holding assembly comprised of a shaped block with holding fasteners connected to the vertical connecting flange and adapted to engage said truck horizontal rail and stiffener flange.