US 2006/0220404 A1Published application

Sliding bed extender arrangement

AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.

InventorPaul Lussier

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Abstract

A sliding bed extender arrangement is provided that basically has a vehicle cargo area, a pair of roller tracks, a pair of mounting arrangements and a bed extender. Each of the mounting arrangements has a pair of rolling members and a locking mechanism that are disposed in one of the roller tracks. Each of the mounting locking mechanism has a locking member slideably disposed in one of the roller tracks and a first hand operating portion operatively coupled to the locking member to selectively lock the mounting arrangement. The sliding bed extender has a generally U-shape as viewed from above with first and second side ends rigidly attached to the mounting arrangements to extend across the vehicle cargo area.

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Dependent claims

A sliding bed extender arrangement comprising:

a vehicle cargo area including a bed floor, a front cargo wall disposed on a forward end of the bed floor, a first side cargo wall disposed on a first lateral side of the bed floor, and a second side cargo wall disposed on a second lateral side of the bed floor;
a first roller track fixedly attached to the first side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area;
a second roller track fixedly attached to the second side cargo wall of the vehicle cargo area in a parallel, spaced arrangement relative to the first roller track;
a first mounting arrangement including a pair of first rolling members rollably disposed in the first roller track and a first locking mechanism with a first locking member slideably disposed in the first roller track and a first hand operating portion operatively coupled to the first locking member to selectively move the first locking member between a first sliding position and a first locked position in which sliding of the first locking member is prevented;
a second mounting arrangement including a pair of second rolling members coupled in the second roller track rollably disposed in the first roller track and a second locking mechanism with a second locking member slideably disposed in the second roller track and a second hand operating portion operatively coupled to the second locking member to selectively move the second locking member between a second sliding position and a second locked position in which sliding of the second locking member is prevented;
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a sliding bed extender having a generally U-shape as viewed from above with first and second side ends rigidly attached to the first and second mounting arrangements to extend across the vehicle cargo area.

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A sliding bed extender arrangement comprising:

a vehicle cargo area including a bed floor, a front cargo wall disposed on a forward end of the bed floor, a first side cargo wall disposed on a first lateral side of the bed floor with a first rear end abutment, and a second side cargo wall disposed on a second lateral side of the bed floor with a second rear end abutment;
a first roller track having a transverse C-shaped cross section that is attached to the first side cargo wall with the first roller track having a first longitudinal side opening, a first front end opening spaced rearwardly from the front cargo wall by at least a first predetermined distance and a first rear end opening spaced forwardly less than a second predetermined distance from the first rear end abutment;
a second roller track having a transverse C-shaped cross section that is attached to the second side cargo wall with the second roller track having a second longitudinal side opening, a second front end opening spaced rearwardly from the front cargo wall by at least the first predetermined distance and a second rear end opening spaced forwardly less than the second predetermined distance from the second rear end abutment;
a first mounting arrangement including a pair of first rolling members rollably disposed in the first roller track with the first mounting arrangement being configured and dimensioned relative to the first and second predetermined distances such that the first mounting arrangement is installable in the first front end opening of the first roller track and non-removable from the first rear end opening;
a second mounting arrangement including a pair of second rolling members to be rollably disposed in the second roller track with the second mounting arrangement being configured and dimensioned relative to the first and second predetermined distances such that the second mounting arrangement is installable in the second front end opening of the first roller track and non-removable from the second rear end opening;
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a sliding bed extender having a generally U-shape as viewed from above with first and second ends rigidly attached to the first and second mounting arrangements to extend the vehicle cargo area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.