Patent ID: 8740277

Claim:
A truck bed with extensible rails, comprising: a floor having a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of opposed side edges; a front wall extending upwardly from the front edge of said floor, said front wall comprising an inner front panel and an outer front panel, said inner front panel and said outer front panel being spaced apart to define an interior region therebetween, a front slot further being defined between upper edges of said inner and outer front panels; a pair of sidewalls each extending upwardly from a respective one of the pair of opposed side edges of said floor, wherein each said sidewall comprises an inner side panel and an outer side panel, said inner side panel and said outer side panel being spaced apart to define an interior region therebetween, a side slot further being defined between upper edges of said inner and outer side panels; a tailgate movably positioned adjacent to the rear edge of said floor, said tailgate comprising an inner tailgate panel and an outer tailgate panel, said inner tailgate panel and said outer tailgate panel being spaced apart to define an interior region therebetween, a tailgate slot further being defined between upper edges of said inner and outer tailgate panels; a front set of rails slidably received within the interior region of said front wall, wherein said front set of rails selectively vertically translate through the front slot; a pair of side sets of rails respectively, slidably received within the interior regions of said pair of sidewalls, wherein said side sets of rails respectively, selectively vertically translate through the side slots; means for selectively driving vertical translation of said front set of rails and said pair of side sets of rails together; a rear set of rails slidably received within the interior region of said tailgate, wherein said rear set of rails selectively vertically translate through the tailgate slot; wherein at least one of the front, pair of side, and rear rails includes a lower portion and a corresponding upper portion, wherein the corresponding upper portion can be selectively positioned relative to the lower portion; and means for selectively driving vertical translation of said rear set of rails.