Patent ID: 8814254

Claim:
An apparatus that is adapted to be inserted into an opening in a vehicle bed and selectively secured thereto, the apparatus comprising: a rigid cap comprising opposed upper and lower surfaces and a central aperture extending between the upper and lower surfaces; first and second pins secured to the lower surface of the cap and extending substantially perpendicularly away therefrom; a clamping plate that is slidable along the first and second pins in clamping direction towards the lower surface of the cap and in an opposed release direction away from the lower surface of the cap; and a fastener extending through the central aperture in the cap and into a threaded aperture in the clamping plate, wherein rotation of the fastener in opposed first and second rotational directions respectively induces sliding movement of the clamping plate in the clamping and release directions, wherein insertion of the clamping plate into the vehicle bed opening and rotation of the fastener in the first rotational direction clamps the cap and the clamping plate about the vehicle bed and conceals the vehicle bed opening with the cap, and wherein rotation of the fastener in the second rotational direction loosens the cap and clamping plate and allows the apparatus to be released from the vehicle bed.