Patent ID: 7243966

Claim:
A cargo bed extension device, adapted to be secured within a rear-mounted receiver hitch of a vehicle having a cargo bed with a front and a rear, extending the hauling capacity of the cargo bed by providing support to objects extending beyond the cargo bed, the device comprising: a primary support bar having a first end adapted to be secured within the receiver hitch of the vehicle by a pin, a shaft attached to said first end at a first angle directed upward from the receiver hitch, and a second end, defining a secondary support receptacle; a first upright support member having an upper end perpendicularly attached to a first crossbar support having respective end stops and a lower end attached within a first upright support receiver depending upward from said shaft, said lower end secured within said first upright support receiver by a pin; a secondary support bar having a first end inserted within said secondary support receptacle of said primary shaft by a pin, said secondary support bar further having a shaft and a second end; a second upright support member having an upper end perpendicularly attached to a second crossbar support having respective end stops and a lower end attached within a second upright support receiver depending upward from said shaft, said lower end secured within said second upright support receiver by a pin; at least two crossbar extension chocks defining a channeled lower bracket having two bracket holes on each side of an upward projection member secured within at least two of a plurality of vertical spaced holes in each first and second crossbar support by pins; and brake lights, signal lights and running lights attached to said second upright support member, said brake lights, signal lights and running lights attaching to a wiring harness.