Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1996-05-21
1997-12-23
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
296 376, 224404, 224506, B60P 340
Patent
active
057000476
ABSTRACT:
An improved truck bed extender particularly adapted for ease of installation and removal. When not being used to extend the truck bed, the extender is advantageously adapted to quickly and easily create a secondary storage area. In one embodiment, the extender includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a connecting wall, a first mount and a second mount. The connecting wall extends between the first side wall and the second side wall, and cooperates with the first side wall and second side wall to form a generally U-shape frame. The first mount is secured to the first side wall and includes a first interlocking member. The second mount is secured to the second side wall and comprises a second interlocking member. The first interlocking member and the first mounting station on the vehicle and the second interlocking member and the second mounting station on the vehicle cooperate to secure the truck bed extender to the vehicle so that the extender is rotatable about an axis between a first and a second position. In the first position, the connecting wall is in an upright position over the tailgate beyond the rear end of the bed. In the second position, the connecting wall is in an upright position spaced forward from the rear end of the bed and the tailgate.
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Leitner Horst
Weisel Jonathan E.
Leitner Horst
Pedder Dennis H.
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