Patent ID: 6378926
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A foldable truck bed extender apparatus comprising:a pair of rectangular side panel elements having apertured connecting lugs on one vertical outer edge and an apertured latch plate extending from an opposite vertical inner edge; a rectangular tailgate element having lug receiving recesses on both vertical sides between a plurality of spaced connecting lugs, and a plurality of spaced apertured lugs on a horizontal side; a rectangular platform element, commensurate in area to an existing tailgate of a truck bed, having a plurality of spaced apertured lugs for connection to the tailgate element; right-angled brackets extending along and attached to opposite sides of said platform element, each of said brackets having a spring element for retaining said tailgate element against the platform element when the truck bed extender is folded for storage; and two short rods for removably connecting the pair of side panel elements to the tailgate element, and a long rod for removably connecting the tailgate element to the platform element to form the truck bed extender.