Compartmentalized truck box

Abstract

A compartmentalized truck box for trucks that has independently sliding drawers to store tools. The drawers slide on metal rails, allowing access to the tools from the front of the truck box. The sliding drawers are secured in place with a metal shield called a protection panel. The protection panel protects the drawers from theft and damage from material loaded into the truck bed. The protection panel pivots on a hinge mounted on the top ledge of the front of the truck box. When tools are needed, the protection panel swings upward, resting on the inside of the main truck box's side compartment ledges. When finished, the protection panel swings downward, locking into the main truck box. Furthermore, the drawers in their closed position are protected inside the truck box with metal, separating them from the inside of the box; therefore, creating storage area behind the drawers for larger tools.

What I claim as my invention is a truck box comprising of:  
     
         1 . Compartmental drawers that are mounted above each other and across the front of, and within a truck box that allow access to said drawers through the front of said truck box.  
     
     
         2 . Said drawers, are protected by a steel exterior protection panel that covers to entire front of the truck box, securing the drawers in place.  
     
     
         3 . Said protection panel has a keyed locking mechanism secured to the panel, this lock penetrates through the main truck box structure, securing said panel in the closed position.  
     
     
         4 . A continuous hinge is secured to the top portion of said protection panel, allowing the panel to rotate upwardly from the closed position, 270 degrees, to the open position.  
     
     
         5 . Each of said drawers slide outwardly on metal rails that slide within a mounting bracket, which is secured to the main truck box.  
     
     
         6 . As said drawers are in the closed position, a vertical metal partition panel separates the drawers from the main truck box storage area, and  
     
     
         7 . A metal horizontal partition panel protects the top area of said drawers in the closed position, thus with  claim 6 , isolates the drawers from the interior portion of the truck box.