Patent ID: 6644704
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
An expandable rack for mounting in the bed of a pick-up truck having a pick-up bed compartment defined by pick-up bed side walls, pick-up bed floor, and tail gate, the expandable rack comprising:a plurality of folding legs each having at least three rigid segments connected by a hinge assembly such that each rigid segment of the folding legs collapse to a side-by-side arrangement in a retracted position and an end-to-end arrangement in a deployed position; and an upper frame mounted on upper ends of the folding legs, said upper frame completely disposed within the pick-up bed compartment when the folding legs are in the retracted position and said upper frame disposed above the pick-up bed compartment when the folding legs are in the deployed position, and where no folding leg is linked to another folding leg except through the connection with the upper frame; wherein the rack does not occupy any space on the truck bed floor in the retracted or deployed positions except for the space occupied by the folding legs.