Patent ID: 6113171
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
An apparatus for extending a cargo surface of a bed of a truck having a truck mounting adapter, comprising:a platform having an upper surface, a lower surface, a rearward end, a forward end and two sides;a platform mounting adapter mounted to said lower surface of said platform and facing in a forward direction between said forward and rearward ends of said platform;a support bar extending across said lower surface of said platform, between said two sides of said platform;a mounting post having a forward end which releasably engages with the truck mounting adapter to secure said mounting post to the truck, and a rearward end which releasably engages with said platform mounting adapter to secure said mounting post to said platform;wherein said platform and said mounting post have respective lengths and profiles such that when said forward end of said mounting post is secured to the truck mounting adapter and said rearward end of said mounting post is secured to said platform mounting adapter, said lower surface of said platform will fits against and overlaps the cargo surface of the truck.