Patent ID: 8182012

Claim:
An apparatus for increasing the cargo capacity of a pickup truck cargo area comprising: (a) a pickup truck, said pickup truck having a truck cargo area formed by a truck bed, first and second interior sidewalls, and a tailgate, said tailgate having an interior and an exterior wall; (b) a flat, rectangular base plate, said base plate attached to said interior wall of said tailgate of said pickup truck cargo area; (c) a flat, rectangular end-wall plate pivotally attached to said base plate, said end-wall plate having first and second ends, said end-wall plate having dimensions corresponding to said base plate dimensions; (d) first and second flat sidewall plates, said first sidewall plate pivotally mounted to said first end of said end-wall plate, said second sidewall plate pivotally mounted to said second end of said end-wall plate; (e) means for attaching said first sidewall plate to said first interior sidewall of said pickup truck cargo area, said means including a bracket adjustably mounted to said first sidewall plate; and (f) means for attaching said second sidewall plate to said second interior sidewall of said pickup truck cargo area, said means including a bracket adjustably mounted to said second sidewall plate.