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Vehicle bed extender

  • US 9,834,259 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2016
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle bed extender comprising:

  • a pair of connectors configured to rotatably connect the vehicle bed extender to a portion of a vehicle;

    a first sidewall tube having a first end and a second end, the first end generally connected to one of the pair of connectors and the second end;

    a second sidewall tube having a first end and a second end the first end generally connected to one of the pair of connectors and the second end;

    a connecting tube configured to extend between and connect the first sidewall tube and the second sidewall tube and having a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end having a smaller diameter than the second ends of the first and second sidewall tubes; and

    a pair of vertical holder struts, each of the pair of holder struts configured to hold the connecting tube in a particular position with respect to either the first or second sidewall tubes;

    wherein the first and second ends of the connecting tube are configured to slidably insert into the second ends of the first and second sidewall tubes;

    wherein the connecting tube is adjustable with respect to the first and second sidewall tubes to an extended and contracted position; and

    wherein when the connecting tube is in the extended position the vehicle bed extender is longer and wider than when the connecting tube is in the retracted position.

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