Patent ID: 7976264

Claim:
A truck bed apparatus in combination with vehicle having a truck bed, the truck bed apparatus comprising: a pair of spaced apart vertical side panels; a vertical head panel spaced apart from a pivoting tailgate; a platform disposed between the side panels, the head panel, and the tailgate; a plurality of spaced apart tiedowns disposed within the platform; a slot within a rear of the platform; a support structure disposed below the platform, the support structure forming an access, the support structure comprising: a trio of spaced apart longitudinal supports comprising a pair of identical lateral supports spaced outwardly from a center support; a trio of spaced apart lower supports spaced apart from and paralleling each longitudinal support, respectively; a plurality of spaced apart upright supports joining the longitudinal supports to the lower supports; a plurality of cross supports disposed above the longitudinal supports; a channel disposed on an either side of the center support; a channel disposed on an inner side of each lateral support; a pair of identical spaced apart ramps, each ramp having a proximal end and a distal end, each ramp comprising: a first ramp subsection disposed at the ramp proximal end, each subsection hingedly affixed to a first section, each first section and each subsection comprising a pair of spaced apart rails joined by a plurality of equally spaced apart rungs, each first section and each subsection having an identical section width, a proximal end of each subsection having a keeper selectively fitted within the platform slot; a first leg hingedly disposed on each rail of each first section, the first leg having a first leg length; a second leg hingedly disposed on each rail of each first section, the second leg having a second leg length greater than the first leg length; a plurality of spaced apart rollers disposed on each rail of each subsection and each first section, each roller removably rolling within one of the channels, respectively; a second section attached distally to each first section via lockably positionable bi-directional hinges, each second section having a second section width less than each first section width such that the second section is selectively fitted between the rails of the first section, each second section comprising: a pair of spaced apart second rails joined by a plurality of equally spaced apart second rungs; a second leg on the distal end of each second rail, each second leg longer than each first leg of each first section; a third section attached distally to each second section via lockably positionable bi-directional hinges, each third section having second rails and second rungs identical to those of the second sections, each third section having a third section width identical to that of each second section width.