TECHNICAL FIELD

The embodiments disclosed herein relate to pickup trucks and like vehicles with beds and, more particularly, to equipping the vehicles with stake-based bed accessories.

BACKGROUND

Pickup trucks and like vehicles with beds are commonly manufactured to include stake pocket assemblies as OEM equipment. For the typical vehicle, the stake pocket assemblies include stake pockets inside the bed, and corresponding access holes atop the bed. The stake pocket assemblies serve as built-in mounts for users to equip their vehicle with stake-based bed accessories. Specifically, the stake pockets hold stakes that extend inside the bed from the stake pockets, and above the bed through the access holes. The stakes may, for example, serve as the legs of sideboards, racks and the like.

Not all users take advantage of their vehicle's stake pocket assemblies. For instance, not all users equip their vehicle with stake-based bed accessories. Moreover, some users who do equip their vehicle with stake-based bed accessories opt for universal versions that eschew the vehicle-specific stake pocket assemblies in favor of universal mounts atop the bed. At the same time, for all users, the stake pocket assemblies will have increased the cost of their vehicle. Moreover, the stake pockets will have limited opportunities for their vehicle to have been manufactured to package other items inside the bed. Moreover, the access holes will have limited opportunities for their vehicle to have been styled with anything but wide, flat surfaces and/or garnishes with pop-outs or removable covers atop the bed.

Accordingly, both users and manufactures of pickup trucks and like vehicles with beds may desire improvements for equipping the vehicles with stake-based bed accessories without having the vehicles manufactured to include stake pocket assemblies as OEM equipment.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a stake assembly for a vehicle that includes a bed with a deck and a wall, and a rail secured to the wall. The stake assembly includes a stake axis, a stake base, a rail adaptor supported from the stake base, and a deck adaptor supported from the stake base. The stake base extends along the stake axis. The rail adaptor extends laterally to the stake axis beside the stake base, and is configured to secure to the rail. The deck adaptor extends along the stake axis beneath the stake base, and is configured to secure to the deck. This and other aspects will be described in additional detail below.

