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Truck bed extender

  • US 5,700,047 A
  • Filed: 05/21/1996
  • Issued: 12/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A truck bed extender for use with a vehicle having an open storage bed having a rear end, a first upstanding side panel to one side of said bed a second upstanding side panel to an opposite side of said bed and a tailgate, a first mounting station fixed with respect to said first panel and a second mounting station fixed with respect to said second panel, said apparatus comprising:

  • a first side wall;

    a second side wall;

    a connecting wall extending between said first side wall and said second side wall, said first side wall, said second side wall and said connecting wall cooperating to form a generally U-shaped frame;

    a first mount secured to said first side wall comprising a first interlocking member; and

    a second mount secured to said second side wall comprising a second interlocking member, said first interlocking member and said first station, and said second interlocking member and said second station cooperating to secure said apparatus to said vehicle so that said apparatus is rotatable about an axis between a first position wherein said connecting wall is in an upright position over said tailgate rearward of said rear end of said bed and a second position wherein said connecting wall is in an upright position spaced forward from said rear end of said bed, wherein said first station comprises a first aperture and said second station comprises a second aperture, and wherein further said a first interlocking member is a male member sized and shaped to be received by said first aperture and said second interlocking member is a male member sized and shaped to be received by said second aperture, and wherein said first interlocking member is sized and shaped to be manually withdrawn from said first aperture and said second interlocking member is sized and shaped to be manually withdrawn from said second aperture wherein further said connecting wall defines a horizontal span and comprises at least two sections which are slidable relative one another permitting said horizontal span to be adjusted.

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