Patent ID: 7159918

Claim:
A sliding bed extender arrangement comprising: a vehicle cargo area including a bed floor, a front cargo wall disposed on a forward end of the bed floor, a first side cargo wall disposed on a first lateral side of the bed floor, and a second side cargo wall disposed on a second lateral side of the bed floor; a first roller track fixedly attached to the first side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area; a second roller track fixedly attached to the second side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area in a parallel, spaced arrangement relative to the first roller track; a first mounting arrangement including a pair of first rolling members rollably disposed in the first roller track and a first locking mechanism with a first locking member slideably disposed in the first roller track and a first hand operating portion operatively coupled to the first locking member to selectively move the first locking member between a first sliding position and a first locked position in which sliding of the first locking member is prevented; a second mounting arrangement including a pair of second rolling members coupled in the second roller track rollably disposed in the first roller track and a second locking mechanism with a second locking member slideably disposed in the second roller track and a second hand operating portion operatively coupled to the second locking member to selectively move the second locking member between a second sliding position and a second locked position in which sliding of the second locking member is prevented; and a sliding bed extender having a generally U-shape as viewed from above with first and second side ends rigidly attached to the first and second mounting arrangements to extend across the vehicle cargo area.