Pick up truck 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.
Claims19
A tailgate extender for a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
- one or more floor extension panels, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extend a floor of the bed as a tailgate of the truck is moved backwards;
- one or more driver-side panels that extend a driver-side wall of the bed as the tailgate is moved backwards;
- one or more passenger-side panels that extend a passenger-side wall of the bed as the tailgate is moved backwards;
- one or more support structures attached to the bed that extend and retract as the bed is extended and retracted by the one or more floor extension panels, the one or more driver-side panels, and the one or more passenger-side panels;
- a motor that extends and retracts the one or more support structures as the bed is extended and retracted by the one or more floor extension panels, the one or more driver-side panels, and the one or more passenger-side panels;
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- a handle disposed on the tailgate that a user can engage to control the motor to extend and retract the one or more support structures.
A tailgate extender for a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
- one or more floor extension panels, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extend a floor of the bed as a tailgate of the truck is moved backwards;
- one or more driver-side panels that extend a driver-side wall of the bed as the tailgate is moved backwards;
- one or more passenger-side panels that extend a passenger-side wall of the bed as the tailgate is moved backwards;
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- primary taillights disposed on the tailgate and electrically connected to an electrical system of the truck, wherein the primary taillights are aesthetically blended with side taillights on the driver-side wall and the passenger-side wall so as to appear integral with the side taillights when the bed is in a fully retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.