Mega elongator
OwnerNicholas J. Singerinventor
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Abstract
A replacement tailgate for the purpose of elongating the pick up truck may be installed on a truck bed wherein the replacement tailgate can be unfolded in order to elongate a length of the truck bed. The replacement tailgate may have front and rear shells that are used to support objects placed in the truck bed as well as act as the new tailgate when the truck bed length is elongated. Various panels may be unfolded in order to trap objects within the truck bed when the replacement tailgate is unfolded in order to elongate the truck bed length.
Claims13
A tailgate extender of a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
- a tailgate traverseable between an open position and a closed position;
- a floor extension panel, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extend the floor of the bed as the tailgate of the truck is moved backwards while the tailgate is in the open position or the closed position;
- one or more support structures attached to the bed that extend and retract as the tailgate is moved backwards and forwards;
- an actuator that extends and retracts the tailgate backwards and forwards;
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- a controller in communication with the actuator disposed on a truck bed or tailgate extender of the truck that a user can engage to control the actuator to extend and retract the tailgate.
A truck with a truck bed extender, the truck comprising:
- a cab for holding a passenger and a driver;
- a truck bed disposed behind the cab;
- the truck bed extender comprising:
- a stationary floor of the truck bed;
- a telescoping floor which retracts and extends with respect to the stationary floor, a bumper and a tailgate, all of which are traversable between retracted and extended positions to extend a length of the truck bed;
- a shock absorber attached to a frame of the truck and the bumper to absorb rear impact on the bumper when the telescoping floor, the bumper and the tailgate are in the extended position.
A tailgate extender of a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
- an extension panel, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extends the floor of the bed as a tailgate of the truck is moved backwards;
- a driver-side panel that is traversed to an extended position as the tailgate is moved backwards;
- a passenger-side panels that is traversed to an extended position as the tailgate is moved backwards;
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- a rear bumper that remains stationary relative to a cab of the truck as the tailgate is moved backwards such that the rear bumper is disposed at a middle portion of the extended floor, the rear bumper having a width that is greater than a width of the tailgate so that the bumper protrudes laterally sideways past the one or more driver-side panels and the one or more passenger-side panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.