Patent ID: 7175218

Claim:
A truck bed partitioning and extension device for use on a bed of a pickup truck, the bed of the pickup truck having a floor, a pair of sidewalls extending upwards from the floor, and an opening adapted for accepting a tailgate between the sidewalls, and locking hardware adapted for locking the tailgate aagainst the sidewalls, the truck bed partitioning and extension device comprising: a transverse panel having a pair of ends; a pair of side panels, at least one of the side panels being attached to the ends of the transverse panel through a double hinge, the double hinge allowing folding along a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and second axis being generally parallel to one another and allow the pivoting of the respective side panel along the first axis, so that the side panel to pivots to a position next to the transverse panel, and pivoting of the respective side panel about the second axis positions the side panel at a distance from the transverse panel; and an extendable clamping foot, the clamping foot extending from the transverse panel towards the sidewalls of the bed of the truck, so that the transverse panel is clamped against the bed of the truck by the extension of the clamping foot, compressing the transverse panel between the sidewalls of the bed of the truck.