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US 6,746,066 B2Granted
Truck bed extension
OwnerHarry F. Reedinventor
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Abstract
A truck bed extension is provided for extending the useful length of a pickup truck bed. The truck bed extension includes a pair of spaced, longitudinally extending sidewalls interconnected by a transversely extending gate. The sidewalls are adapted to mount to the truck bed using the existing hardware on found on the truck bed walls and on the tailgate. A hinge assembly swingably mounts the gate onto the side walls for movement of the gate between a generally upright, closed position and a downward, open position, and when the gate is in its open position, it can be retracted toward the truck bed to avoid interference with cargo loading and unloading.
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A truck bed extender for a pickup truck with a tailgate, said bed extender comprising:
- a pair of opposed, substantially upright, longitudinally extending side walls, each side wall including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, a front edge extending between the top and bottom, and a rear edge extending between the top and bottom;
- a gate including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, and a pair of sides extending therebetween;
- a mounting member positioned adjacent a front edge of at least one side wall and adapted to removably engage a back end of the pickup truck;
- a first hinge assembly coupled with the bottom of one of said side walls adjacent the rear edge, the first hinge assembly including a first retaining member;
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- a first substantially L-shaped pin, said first pin being adjacent one of the opposed ends of the gate bottom and extending outwardly therefrom, said first pin further having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is adapted to be received and engaged by the first retaining member to thereby swingably couple the gate between the opposed side walls.
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A truck bed extender for a pickup truck with a tailgate, said bed extender comprising:
- a pair of opposed, substantially upright, longitudinally extending side walls, each side wall including a ton having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, a front edge extending between the top and bottom, and a rear edge extending between the top and bottom;
- a gate including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, and a pair of sides extending therebetween;
- a mounting member positioned adjacent a front edge of at least one side wall and adapted to removably engage a back end of the pickup truck;
- a first hinge assembly coupled with the bottom of one of said side walls adjacent the rear edge, the first hinge assembly including a first retaining member, said first retaining member having an outwardly extending loop portion;
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- a first pin adjacent one of the opposed ends of the gate bottom and extending outwardly therefrom, said first pin further having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is received and engaged by said outwardly extending loop portion of the first retaining member to swingablv couple said one end of the gate between the opposed side walls.
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A truck bed extender for a pickup truck with a tailgate, said bed extender comprising:
- a pair of opposed, substantially upright, longitudinally extending side walls, each side wall including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, a front edge extending between the top and bottom, and a rear edge extending between the top and bottom;
- a gate including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, and a pair of sides extending therebetween;
- a mounting member positioned adjacent a front edge of at least one side wall and adapted to removably engage a back end of the pickup truck;
- a first hinge assembly coupled with the bottom of one of said side walls adjacent the rear edge, the first hinge assembly including a first retaining member;
- a first pin adjacent one of the opposed ends of the gate bottom and extending outwardly therefrom, said first pin further having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is received by said first retaining member to swingably couple said one end of the gate between the opposed side walls;
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- said first retaining member including a slide bar portion adapted to allow forward and rearward movement of the first pin when the first pin is engaged by the first retaining member.
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A truck bed extender for a pickup truck with a tailgate, said bed extender comprising:
- a pair of opposed, substantially upright, longitudinally extending side walls, each side wall including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, a front edge extending between the top and bottom, and a rear edge extending between the top and bottom;
- a gate including a top having opposed ends thereof, a bottom having opposed ends thereof, and a pair of sides extending therebetween;
- a mounting member positioned adjacent a front edge of at least one side wall and adapted to removably engage a back end of the pickup truck;
- a first hinge assembly coupled with the bottom of one of said side walls adjacent the rear edge, the first hinge assembly including a first retaining member;
- a first pin adjacent one of the opposed ends of the gate bottom and extending outwardly therefrom, said first pin further having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is received by said first retaining member to swingably couple said one end of the gate between the opposed side walls;
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- a downwardly extending mount positioned on each side wall, each of said mounts extending below the bottom of each side wall and having a rod oriented to extend inwardly therefrom, wherein each rod is adapted to be snapped in to a tailgate latch on the pickup truck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.