Patent ID: 6422630
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A door (10) for the bed of a pickup truck, said bed including a tailgate and a pair of sidewalls, said door enclosing said bed when the tailgate (14) is horizontal, said door comprising:a door panel (18) having a length that permits positioning said door panel inside said bed with one side edge of said door panel proximal to one sidewall and an opposite side edge of said door panel proximal to an opposite sidewall of said bed; said door panel having a joining edge having one end joined to said one side edge and another end joined to said another side edge; parallel to a top edge of said tailgate; a pair of elongated members, one elongated member secured along one edge of said tailgate proximal to one sidewall and another elongated member secured to said tailgate along another edge of said tailgate proximal to said other sidewall and each one of said pair of elongated members being perpendicular to said joining edge of said door panel; each said elongated member having an aperture; a pair of shaft means mounted along said joining edge of said panel and arranged in operable combination with said aperture of each said elongated member for rotating said panel about said joining edge, means for restricting rotation of said door panel between a position where said door panel is folded against said tailgate and a position wherein said door panel is vertical when said tailgate is horizontal.