The fold-out panels could serve as seating, just as tailgates do when camping or partying in a stadium parking lot. This setup could be used for more than storage, the application suggests. Accompanying drawings also show cutouts on either side of the bed for longer items, like an uncovered version of the Gear Tunnel storage compartment located behind the cab in Rivian R1T pickups. The patent application describes entire outside bed panels that fold down, which, in one configuration, reveals multiple storage compartments. Ram Boxes are literal boxes built into the bed sides, but Rivian is going for something a bit more elaborate. The system is similar to the Ram Box system offered on Ram trucks for several years now and slated for the 20 REV, the brand’s first all-electric model. 5, 2021) Rivian details storage bins built into the sides of a pickup’s bed. In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on April 6 (and originally filed Oct. Rivian has filed a patent application for an in-bed storage system for its electric trucks.

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