Patent ID: 6948755
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A releasable truck bed separator for use with a truck with a truck bed wherein the truck bed comprises a truck bed floor, left and right truck side walls, a truck bed lip on top of the truck side walls, a tailgate hinged to the truck bed floor said tailgate capable of being lowered to comprise an essentially flat extension of the truck bed floor, said truck bed separator comprising: a front panel section and a back panel section, the panel sections being rotatably joined by hinges to each other; a hinge for securing a ramp lip to one of said panel sections; and a clamping assembly for releasable attachment of the truck bed lip to the separator, the clamping assembly comprising a pair of mating jaw members for releasable attachment to a truck bed lip at the jaws proximal ends, a fastener for releasable attachment to the hinge between the panel sections at the fasteners distal end; and a shaft between the pair of mating members and the fastener wherein a first end of the shaft is hinged to the distal end of the pair of mating jaws and the second end of the shaft is hinged to the proximal end of the fastener; wherein said front and back panel sections have a folded configuration and forms a truck bed separator which may rest at variable positions along the truck bed floor.