Patent ID: 7712812

Claim:
A flatbed extender system for a vehicle having a flatbed comprising: a channel being affixed to the flatbed; a cradle being slidingly received within said channel; said cradle comprising a pair of upper support surfaces disposed on opposite sides of said cradle that each supports a row of bearings and a pair of lower support surfaces disposed on opposite sides of said cradle that each supports a row of bearings, and a horizontal support surface that connects each of said upper support surface and lower support surface disposed on opposite sides of said cradle; said horizontal support surface comprising openings for passage of bearings of said row of bearings connected to said each of said pair of lower support surfaces; and an extendable bed having a pair of flanges disposed on opposite sides thereof, wherein one of said pair of flanges is disposed between rows of bearings on one side of said cradle and the other of said pair of flanges is disposed between rows of bearings disposed on an opposite side of said cradle for rolling movement of said bed within said cradle and said cradle within said channel.