Patent ID: 7959390

Claim:
A vehicle trunk organizer for organizing items in a trunk of a vehicle, the trunk organizer comprising: at least two elongated, generally parallel strut members, each of which comprises a bottom edge and at least one longitudinal opening; at least two elongated, generally parallel cross-piece members, each of which comprises at least one elongated beam member which extends through the opening in each strut member; a connector which pivotally connects each beam member to each strut member to thereby enable the trunk organizer to be collapsed from an unfolded state to a folded state; wherein in the unfolded state the trunk organizer comprises a generally rectangular lattice configuration which defines a number of individual compartments within which the items may be placed; and means for effectively extending the length of at least one of the strut members or at least one of the cross-piece members; wherein the extending means comprises a generally flat plate member which is slidably mounted to an end of the strut member or the cross-piece member.