Patent ID: 6540123
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A bed extender apparatus for enlarging the effective cargo area of a bed of a pickup truck, wherein said bed has a pair of sidewalls and a tailgate associated therewith, the bed extender apparatus comprising:a center wall having a length sufficient to extend along a major portion of said tailgate of said pickup truck; a pair of endwalls pivotally secured to said center wall at opposite longitudinal ends of said center wall; at least one first mounting element fixedly secured to an inner wall of said tailgate; at least one second mounting element secured to at least one of said sidewalls of said bed of said pickup truck; at least one mounting assembly forming a portion of said center wall for pivotally and detachably supporting said center wall to said first mounting element; at least one locking mechanism associated with at least one of said endwalls for engaging said second mounting element to secure said endwalls to said sidewalls of said pickup truck bed; at least one third mounting element disposed within said bed forwardly of said first and second mounting elements; and wherein said center wall and said endwalls can be detached from said first and second mounting elements, respectively, reoriented 180 degrees and resecured within said bed with said center wall detachably engaging said third mounting element and said locking mechanism of said at least one of said endwalls detachably engaging said second mounting element, to thereby perform a cargo restraining function.