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US 8,708,389 B2Granted
Extendable support device utilized with a cargo bed
OwnerTerrence Flaniganinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an extendable support device utilized with a pick-up truck that includes a cargo bed with a back that includes a trailer hitch, an adjustable horizontal member, an adjustable vertical member and an adjustable width member. There is also a pair of brake lights disposed on a pair of vertical members of the adjustable width member and a pair of signal lights disposed on a pair of vertical members of the adjustable width member.
Claims3
A method of extending a cargo bed of a truck comprising the steps of:
- a. attaching an adjustable horizontal member to a trailer hitch extending from the truck, where the adjustable horizontal member includes a first plurality of apertures to accommodate a first pin that is utilized to secure said adjustable horizontal member at a length received by said trailer hitch;
- b. attaching an adjustable vertical member to said distal end of said adjustable horizontal member, where the adjustable vertical member includes a second plurality of apertures to accommodate a second pin, where the second pin secures said adjustable vertical member at a height;
- c. attaching an adjustable width member to the adjustable vertical member where the adjustable width member includes a horizontal base and a pair of vertical members perpendicularly attached at said ends of said horizontal base with a third plurality of apertures to accommodate a third pin and a fourth pin that is utilized to secure said adjustable vertical member at a width, where said adjustable width member is positioned parallel to the cargo bed of the truck;
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- d. disposing a pair of signal lights on said pair of vertical members of said adjustable width member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.