Patent ID: 6322125
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
A truck bed extension for use with a truck with a truck bed wherein the truck bed comprises a truck bed floor, a left side wall and a right side wall, a tailgate hinged to the truck bed floor and having latching mechanisms for releasably attaching the tailgate to the side walls by mating with complementary latching mechanisms on each side wall, said tailgate capable of being lowered to comprise an essentially flat extension of the truck bed floor, said truck bed extension comprising:a left side wall extension section, a right side wall extension section, and a back wall section, said left side wall extension and right wall extension being rotatably joined by hinges to the back wall section;a ramp lip attached at a nominal angle to one of said side wall extension sections;a first set of latching mechanisms attached to the left side wall extension and right side wall extension, said first set of latching mechanisms configured to releasably engage the complementary latching mechanisms on each side wall, and second set of latching mechanisms attached to the left side wall extension and right side wall extension, said second set of latching mechanisms configured to releasably engage the latching mechanisms on the tailgate;said left side wall extension section, right side wall extension section, and back wall section having a folded configuration in which the left side wall extension section and right side wall extension section are oriented at approximately right angles to the back wall section, forming a truck bed extension which may rest on the tailgate when the tailgate is lowered;said left side wall extension section, right side wall extension section, and back wall section having a straight configuration in which the left side wall extension section and right side wall extension section are oriented in approximately straight alignment to the back wall section.