Patent ID: 7967370

Claim:
A variable length bed system for a vehicle having a load-carrying bed, the vehicle including a support structure configured to provide support to the bed system, the bed system comprising: a floor structure including a bed floor and a separate shell, a first support having a first length and another first support having a second length that is greater than said first length, wherein the bed floor is a selected support selected from the first support having the first length and the another first support having the second length, the separate shell being connected to a first end section of the selected support and defining a first storage chamber disposed adjacent the selected support, the shell having first and second openings, the first chamber being accessible through the first opening, the shell having a fixed size, wherein the differing lengths of the first supports allow the fixed sized shell to be used in varying vehicle sized load-carrying beds, and further comprising a fixed length first component, a second component having a first length and another second component having a second length greater than the first length, wherein the first component is a common side member extending upwardly from a location adjacent to the bed floor and each second component is a separate pillar garnish member, the pillar garnish member for use with the common side member to form a side member for the bed system being a selected pillar garnish member that is selected from the second component having the first length and the second component having the second length, the selected pillar garnish member being connected to the common side member and being selected based on the size of the vehicle load-carrying bed.