Patent ID: 9592860
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60P,B62D

Claim:
1. A tailgate extender for a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising: first and second driver-side vertical panels, the first driver side vertical panel traversably attached to a driver side sidewall of the bed of the truck, the second driver side vertical panel pivotally attached to the first driver side vertical panel wherein the first and second driver side vertical panels are stackable adjacent to each other and disposable adjacent to the driver side sidewall of the bed of the truck, the first driver side vertical panel being traversable so as to be parallel to a driver side edge of a tailgate, the second driver side vertical panel being pivotable so as to be parallel to a back edge of the tailgate; first and second passenger-side vertical panels, the first passenger side vertical panel traversably attached to a passenger side sidewall of the bed of the truck, the second passenger side vertical panel pivotally attached to the first passenger side vertical panel, wherein the first and second passenger side vertical panels are stackable adjacent to each other and disposable adjacent to the passenger side sidewall of the bed of the truck, the first passenger side vertical panel being traversable so as to be parallel to a passenger side edge of the tailgate, the second passenger side vertical panel being pivotable so as to be parallel to the back edge of the tailgate; the tailgate defining an upper surface with a groove for receiving the second driver side and passenger side vertical panels.