Vehicle cargo bed extender having a pin lock assembly

Details Vehicle cargo bed extender having a pin lock assembly Vehicle cargo bed extender having a pin lock assembly

2006-10-17

2006-10-17

Gutman, H (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Variable capacity of body

Reexamination Certificate

active

07121604

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle cargo bed extender for a vehicle of the present invention includes a pair of sidewalls spaced from one another and a center wall extending therebetween. At least one lock assembly is disposed upon one of the sidewalls of the bed extender and includes a locking pin that operable to be selectively extended and retracted to engage with and disengage from the vehicle sidewall respectively. The lock assembly further includes a handle and a lever arm, which cooperate to facilitate the extension and retraction of the locking pin such that said extension of the locking pin locks the bed extender to the vehicle sidewall in the stowed and deployed positions to prevent any uncommanded movement of the extender. The locking assembly further operative to hold the locking pin in the extended and retracted positions respectively until selectively moved between positions.

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