System mountable to a tailgate of a pick-up truck to improve the

Details System mountable to a tailgate of a pick-up truck to improve the System mountable to a tailgate of a pick-up truck to improve the

1992-06-25

1994-07-12

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Variable capacity of body

296 571, B60P 900, B62D 3303

Patent

active

053282256

ABSTRACT:
A light-weight set of four substantially flat rectangular plates sequentially connected to each other by hinges is pivotably mounted to a pick-up truck tailgate. Flat bar stock braces with orthogonal end tabs fit to tab-receiving elements attached to selected ones of the interconnected plates to secure them in predetermined angular relationships. The plates can thus be secured so that an enlarged containment space is generated to effectively extend an enclosed load space over the width and length of the tailgate. Similarly, by use of a pair of braces on each side, the central two of the four interconnected plates can be securely arranged to provide a flat workbench surface above the entire tailgate. Selected power tools may be mounted thereunder to project operating tool bits, e.g., a router bit, to machine workpieces on the workbench. The system can be readily placed in a folded storage position immediately adjacent the inside surface of the tailgate when not in use, with the braces securely retained in normally found recesses within the inside surface of the tailgate.

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