Patent ID: 8864001

Claim:
A variable load support system for enhancing the load carrying capabilities of a bed of any one of a variety of variously sized pickup trucks, the support system comprising: a first pair of elongated, longitudinally-extendable pickup truck sidewall engageable side rails; a forwardly arranged first and a rearwardly arranged second, elongated, longitudinally-extendable pickup-truck-bed-traversing transverse rails, wherein the forward transverse rail has an articulable truck window protection grate pivotably attached thereto, which articulable truck window protection grate comprises a roof rack in a forwardly pivoted orientation., wherein the roof rack comprises a plurality of “L” shaped platform members which are connected between a pivot axis and cantilevered over a front rail on a front assembly thereof, wherein the roof rack of the front assembly rests upon an arrangement of feet when the roof rack is pivoted forwardly over a pickup truck cab; and a roller member housingly arranged about the rearwardly arranged pickup truck bed traversing transverse rail so as to permit the widthwise adaptability of the second transverse rail to a pickup truck side wall.