Patent ID: 8814246

Claim:
A system for storing items in the bed of a pickup truck, comprising: storage bins distributed along side walls of said bed of said pickup truck, said storage bins sized to cover at least 75% of the length of said bed extending from the back wall toward the tailgate of said pickup truck; an open section in between said storage bins; an open section cover, sized to cover said open section and sized to cover at least 75% of the length of said bed from said hack wall toward said tailgate of said pickup truck, attached to at least one of said storage bins for selectively covering said open section; means for stowing said open section cover when said open section cover is not covering said open section; means for securing items on top of said open section cover and the covers of said storage bins when said open section cover is covering said open section; at least one hole in said open section cover; at least one hole in said covers of said storage bins; and a plurality of posts attached to the tailgate of said pickup truck, wherein each of said posts corresponds to one of said holes in either said open section cover or said tops of said storage bins, wherein transitioning said tailgate from an open position to a closed position forces each of said posts to engage with each of said corresponding holes such that said open section cover cannot be removed and said storage bin tops cannot be opened when said tailgate is in the closed position.