Extension apparatus for a vehicle cargo area

Details Extension apparatus for a vehicle cargo area Extension apparatus for a vehicle cargo area

1995-10-05

1998-06-16

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Variable capacity of body

296 571, B62D 3308

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active

057658927

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an extension apparatus for use with a vehicle having a cargo-bed area with opposing first and second side walls, and a tailgate movable between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The extension apparatus comprises a rear panel, which has opposing first and second ends, pivotally couplable to the tailgate to pivot the rear panel between a side-board configuration and a cargo-bed extension configuration. A first side panel is pivotally coupled to the rear panel adjacent the first end, and a second side panel is pivotally coupled to the rear panel adjacent the second end. The extension apparatus further includes a side panel receiver securable to a selected one of the first or second side walls of the cargo-bed area to receive a portion of the selected one of the first or second side panels therein. The unique configuration of the extension apparatus allows the extension apparatus to expand the cargo-bed area in a vertical direction when the rear panel is pivoted to the side-board configuration, or alternatively, to expand the cargo-bed area in a horizontal direction when the rear panel is pivoted to the cargo-bed extension configuration.

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