Patent ID: 7731260
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
1. A load-carrying bed system for a vehicle having a cargo bed, said bed system comprising: a bed floor defining a cargo receiving area; first and second sidewalls disposed along lateral sides of the bed floor; a forward wall disposed along a forward side of the bed floor and laterally between the first and second sidewalls; a tailgate disposed along a rearward side of the bed floor and laterally between the first and second sidewalls; and a cargo bed divider movable between a stowed state wherein said cargo bed divider is nestably stowed in a cargo bed divider cavity defined in said tailgate for preventing movement of said divider in said cavity in said stowed state and a dividing state wherein said cargo bed divider has a first end removably secured to said first sidewall and a second end removably secured to said second sidewall to divide said bed floor into distinct storage areas; wherein said cargo bed divider includes a main divider section and a pair of extension divider sections flanking the main divider section, each of said extension divider sections movable between an expanded position and a compact position, said divider sections each in said expanded position when said cargo bed divider is in said dividing state and each in said compact position when said cargo bed divider is in said stowed state; wherein said tailgate includes a tailgate wall defining said cargo bed divider cavity, said tailgate wall includes first wall portions defining a first depth of said cargo bed divider cavity being spaced apart from an interior surface of said tailgate wall a first distance and a second wall portion defining a second depth or said cargo bed divider cavity being spaced apart from said interior surface of said tailgate wall a second distance, which is less than the first distance, wherein each extension divider section is received on a respective first wall portion and said main divider section is received on said second wall portion.