Patent ID: 11858403
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A cargo bed extender configured for increasing the effective area of a cargo bed of a vehicle to provide an expanded cargo bed, comprising:
a support panel configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be positioned adjacent to and in general edge-to-edge alignment with the cargo bed of the vehicle;
a ramp connected to the support panel of the cargo bed extender by a pivotal connection, allowing the ramp to rotate upward and downward about the pivotal connection such that the ramp is moveable between a ground contacting position to extend between the ground and the support panel and a blocking position such that the ramp forms a gate for an end of the expanded cargo bed, wherein when in the ground contacting position the ramp can be positionally fixed relative to the support panel such that the ramp forms at least one support structure for the cargo bed extender; and
a jack positioned on a side of the support panel which can be extended to contact the ground, wherein when the ramp is fixed relative to the support panel in the ground contacting position and the jack is in contact with the ground the cargo bed extender is supported above the ground by the ramp and the jack;
wherein when viewed in cross-section the support panel has an arcuate curvature, with first and second support panel ends, the first support panel end being closer to the ground than the second support panel end which is generally positioned a same vertical distance above the ground as the cargo bed of the vehicle.