Patent ID: 7954836

Claim:
A truckbed access apparatus, comprising: a. a first hollow support component; b. a coaxial pair of lateral through holes in said first hollow support component; c. a first holding pin being receivable by said coaxial pair of lateral through holes and coaxially positioned through holes in a reese hitch unit affixed to a backend of a pickup truck; d. an end through hole in said first holding pin; e. a first cotter pin receivable by said end through hole; f. a second hollow support component affixable over and about said first hollow support component; g. two first topside through holes in said first hollow support component; h. a second topside through hole in said second hollow support component; i. a step plate affixed atop said second hollow support component; j. a second holding pin with detente assembly amenable to receipt by either of said first topside through holes and said second topside through hole; k. a vertically inclined support rod; l. wiring affixed at one end thereof to said second holding pin and at a second end thereof to said support rod; m. lateral holes in a first lateral side of said step plate; n. nut and bolt affixation means; o. a first pair of coaxial support rod through holes located near a middle portion of said support rod; p. a partially threaded support rod holding bolt; q. wiring affixed at one end thereof to said support rod and at another end thereof to said holding bolt; r. an internally hollowed pin knob component; s. internal threading about internal walling within said internally hollowed pin knob component; t. a brace component; u. a first brace hole located in said brace component; v. said holding bolt being receivable through said first brace hole and said first pair of coaxial support rod through holes and said internal threading of said pin knob component as said brace component is thereby anchored to said support rod; w. a second brace hole located in said brace component; x. an elongated partially threaded hook unit; y. an internally threaded nut serving to anchor said brace component to said partially threaded portion of said hook unit upon insertion of said partially threaded portion of said hook unit through said second brace hole; z. second pairs of coaxial support rod through holes located near a lower end of said support rod; aa. said nut and bolt affixation means being receivable through said lateral holes and said second pairs of coaxial support rod through holes, thereby serving to anchor said support rod to the said step plate once said support rod is inserted through a topside through hole in said step plate, and; once a hooked non-threaded end of said hook unit is hooked into a hole in a reese hitch unit affixed to a backside of a pickup truck; bb. a first storage hole located in either said first lateral side of said step plate or a second lateral side thereof, and; cc. a second storage hole located in said brace component.