Patent ID: 7527318

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a bed of a pickup truck, the bed having a floor, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall has a sidewall exterior surface and a sidewall interior surface, the apparatus comprising: a lid having a lid exterior surface and a lid interior surface and adapted for attachment to the second sidewall and for movement between a lid first position and a lid second position; a first member having a first member exterior surface and a first member interior surface and adapted for attachment to the lid and for movement between a first member first position and a first member second position, wherein the lid is disposed adjacent to the sidewall exterior surface with the lid interior surface disposed generally parallel to the truck bed floor when the lid is in the lid second position, and wherein the first member interior surface is generally coplanar with the lid interior surface when the lid is in the lid second position and when the first member is in the first member second position; a mast adapted for attachment to the pickup truck bed and for placement in a mast first position and a mast second position, and wherein the mast is disposed in a generally upright orientation when the mast is in the mast second position; and a link member adapted for connecting the lid to the mast, for connecting the mast to the pickup truck bed, and for supporting the lid when the lid is in the lid second position.