Patent ID: 7712811
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle tailgate extender mechanism comprising: a tailgate frame including at least one tailgate bed extender guide; a bed extender assembly coupled to the tailgate frame and including at least one extender cross member, at least one extender guide secured to said extender cross member, and at least one extender support member secured to said extender cross member, said extender support member capable of at least partially extending out of and retracting into said tailgate bed extender guide; and a step assembly coupled to said bed extender assembly and including at least one step cross member secured to at least one step support member capable of at least partially retracting into and extending out of said extender guide, said step support member also capable of pivoting about a hinge adjacent a distal end of said extender guide when said step support member is in a substantially extended position.