Patent ID: 7393035
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B60P,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle bed extender for use with a vehicle having a tailgate and an open storage bed with a perimeter defined by a front end, a rear end near said tailgate and opposite said front end, a first upstanding side panel to one side of said bed, a second upstanding side panel to an opposite side of said bed, said extender comprising: a first side wall; a second side wall; a connecting wall extending between said first side wall and said second side wall; a first mount and a second mount that attach said extender to said vehicle in a first position or a second position, wherein in said first position said connecting wall is in an upright position over said tailgate rearward of said rear end of said bed and said tailgate defines a latch to secure said tailgate to at least one of said first upstanding side and said second upstanding side, said vehicle bed extender further comprising at least one connector configured to secure one of said walls to said latch of said tailgate; wherein said bed extender is moveable from said first position to said second position in which said first mount and said second mount attach said bed extender to said vehicle such that said first side wall and said second side wall are positioned between said first side panel and said second side panel with said connecting wall in a substantially vertical position over said bed forward of said rear end and said extender provides access, from above and through a plane that is parallel to and horizontally bound by said perimeter of said bed and vertically aligned with the top of said connecting wall, to a space between said first side wall and said second side wall.