Patent ID: 7246733

Claim:
A cargo carrying apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a. a base defining a planar carrying surface; b. a mounting sleeve proximate to said base for attaching said base to the vehicle; c. a first wing moveably connected to said base; d. a second wing moveably connected to said base and opposite said first wing; e. said first and second wings each having an extended and a retracted position, said extended position being in a substantially horizontal plane; f. wherein said first and second wings are substantially coplanar with said base in said extended position, said planar carrying surface of said base and said first and second wings in said extended position being configured to transport cargo; g. wherein said first and second wings are transverse to said base in said retracted position; and h. wherein said first and second wings each comprise an inner section proximate to said base and an outer section moveably attached to said inner section and separated from said base by said inner section in said extended position.