Patent ID: 7527318
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use with a bed of a pickup truck, the bed having a floor, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall has a sidewall exterior surface and a sidewall interior surface, the apparatus comprising: a lid having a lid exterior surface and a lid interior surface and adapted for attachment to the second sidewall and for movement between a lid first position and a lid second position; a first member having a first member exterior surface and a first member interior surface and adapted for attachment to the lid and for movement between a first member first position and a first member second position, a mast adapted for attachment to the pickup truck bed and for placement in a mast first position and a mast second position, and wherein the mast is disposed in a generally upright orientation when the mast is in the mast second position; and a link member adapted for connecting the lid to the mast, for connecting the mast to the pickup truck bed, and for supporting the lid when the lid is in the lid second position.