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An overhead truck rack is provided for a pickup truck which includes four one-piece corner brackets to each of which are fastened: one end a longitudinal rail, one end of a lateral rail, and an upper end of a leg. A corner bracket includes a horizontally disposed, one-piece, cantilevered top crosspi

An overhead truck rack is provided for a pickup truck which includes four one-piece corner brackets to each of which are fastened: one end a longitudinal rail, one end of a lateral rail, and an upper end of a leg. A corner bracket includes a horizontally disposed, one-piece, cantilevered top crosspiece to which is fastened one of the pair of longitudinal rails. Each of the corner brackets also includes two integral, spaced-apart side panels which downwardly depend from the top crosspiece. Between the spaced-apart side panels are positioned an end of one of the lateral rails and between the spaced-apart side panels is pivotably mounted an upper end of one of the legs to allow for lateral movement of the lower end of the legs to allow for adjustment of the lateral spacing of the lower ends of the legs. The lower ends of the legs are connected to respective brackets at respective mounting points on the body of the pickup truck. Each of the corner brackets also includes four integral support ribs which are connected a lower side of the cantilevered top piece and the outer sides of the two side panels to provide additional strength to the corner brackets.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An improved overhead rack for mounting to the body of a pickup truck, comprising:a pair of longitudinal rails which extend along the length of a pickup truck in a longitudinal direction;a pair of lateral rails which extend across the width of the pickup truck in a lateral direction;

[ I claim:] [1.] An improved overhead rack for mounting to the body of a pickup truck, comprising:a pair of longitudinal rails which extend along the length of a pickup truck in a longitudinal direction;a pair of lateral rails which extend across the width of the pickup truck in a lateral direction;four legs;four one-piece corner brackets to each of which are fastened: one of the pair of longitudinal rails, one end of one of the lateral rails, and an upper end of a leg;wherein each of the corner brackets includes a horizontally disposed, one-piece, longitudinally-extending cantilevered top crosspiece on top of which is fastened one of the pair of longitudinal rails;wherein each of the corner brackets also includes two integral, spaced-apart side laterally-extending panels, each of which downwardly depends from the longitudinally-extending cantilevered top crosspiece perpendicular to the laterally-extending cantilevered top crosspiece;wherein between the spaced-apart side panels of each corner bracket are positioned an end of one of the lateral rails and between each of the spaced-apart side panels is pivotably mounted an upper end of one of the legs to allow for lateral movement of the lower end of the legs to allow for adjustment of the lateral spacing of the lower ends of the legs;wherein the lower ends of the legs are connected to respective brackets at respective mounting points on the body of the pickup truck; andwherein each of the corner brackets also includes four longitudinally-extending integral support ribs which are connected to a lower side of the longitudinally-extending cantilevered top piece and which are also connected to outer sides of the two side panels to provide additional strength to the longitudinally-extending cantilevered top crosspieces of the corner brackets.