Patent ID: 7513548

Claim:
Load storage enhancement apparatus for a truck having a rear storage platform or bed, the combination comprising: a) two extension walls that have generally horizontally stored positions over the platform and generally upright extended positions projecting above opposite sides of the platform, b) framework attached to the walls in said upright positions, said framework including members extending laterally and supported by the walls at spaced locations both lengthwise and widthwise of the upright walls, said members blocking tilting of the walls, c) and mechanism supporting the walls in said upright positions, d) there being angled braces operatively connected to said members and to said walls, to resist tilting of the walls, e) and including upwardly opening receptacles carried by said walls, and wherein both said members and said braces have down-turned ends removably received in said receptacles, f) and there being carrier structure having fixed undirectional length at all times and supported for longitudinal displacement between forwardly extended and rearwardly retracted positions, and including longitudinally extending rails located for said longitudinal displacement sidewardly proximate certain of said receptacles.