Patent ID: 8360494

Claim:
A cargo system for a vehicle comprising: first and second rails configured to extend longitudinally, each having a first slot extending longitudinally along the respective rail; a load floor having multiple panels with adjacent ones of said multiple panels panels hinged to one another at adjacent edges so that the multiple panels are interconnected; extensions extending from the multiple panels and configured to fit within the first slots to retain the multiple panels to the rails, some of said extensions being adjacent a first terminal end of said interconnected panels and others of said extensions being adjacent a second terminal end of said interconnected panels to retain the first and second terminal ends to the rails; wherein the rails are configured to support the load floor with the load floor extending between the rails; wherein the load floor is configured to be movable along the rails between an extended position and a retracted position, with at least one pair of the adjacent edges that are hinged to one another being free from the rails so that said at least one pair of adjacent edges moves away from the rails and the first and second terminal ends of said interconnected panels are retained at the rails when the load floor is moved from the extended position to the retracted position; and wherein the multiple panels and the rails partially define a first portion of a cargo area below the load floor and a second portion of a cargo area above the load floor when the load floor is in the extended position.