Patent ID: 8342590

Claim:
A pickup truck bed comprising: a storage compartment, said storage compartment having a floor, said storage compartment having a first side wall and a second side wall, said storage compartment having a end wall, said end wall being intermediate said first side wall and said second side wall; and a tailgate, said tailgate being intermediate said first side wall and said second side wall, said tailgate being distal from said end wall, said tailgate being pivotally mounted to the pickup truck bed proximate said floor, said tailgate further being slidably mounted such that said tailgate is stowable underneath said floor of the pickup truck bed; a first channel and a second channel, said first channel and said second channel integrally formed with the pickup truck bed, said first channel and said second channel configured to slidably receive said tailgate; and at least one wheel, said wheel being mounted to said tailgate, said wheel configured to engage at least one of said first channel and said second channel, said wheel operable to slidably move said tailgate along said first channel and said second channel.