Patent ID: 6905158

Claim:
A tailgate pocket step, comprising: a pocket step box having a top side, a bottom side, an inboard side, an outboard side, a back side, and a front side having an opening; a step member assembly having a stored position and a deployed position and including a substantially planar plate slidably insertable into said pocket step box through said opening in said front side, said planar plate including an outer side, an inner side, an interior end, and an exterior end, and at least one hinged platform pivotally connected to said planar plate and which is coplanar with said planar plate when said step assembly is in the stored position and which angles outwardly from said planar plate when said step assembly is in the deployed position so as to provide a step; and storage retention means to keep said step member assembly in the stored position until extension and deployment are desired; wherein said planar plate includes surface structure, and said storage retention means comprises a spring biased locking pin which engages said surface structure on said planar plate.