Patent ID: 7182380

Claim:
A truck tailgate extender system comprising: a) tailgate having, when in raised position, an internal surface, said tailgate connected to a truck bed; and b) a barrier to assist barring cargo from crossing a rear perimeter of said tailgate when said tailgate is in lowered position; c) wherein said barrier, when unextended in a stowed position, lies in a first plane along said internal surface of said tailgate and, when extended in an extended position, lies in a second plane parallel to, and spaced perpendicularly from, the first plane; and d) at least one extender to extend said barrier substantially perpendicularly from the stowed position in the first plane to the extended position in the second plane; e) wherein, when said tailgate is in the lowered position, movement of said at least one extender provides vertical motion to said barrier between the stowed position and the extended position.