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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Brandon Ryan Buckhalt, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 3/40 (2006.01); B62D 33/03 (2006.01); B60R 9/06 (2006.01); B60R 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 3/40 (2013.01); B60R 5/041 (2013.01); B60R 9/06 (2013.01); B62D 33/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bed extender is provided for a bed of a truck. That bed extender includes a reel mounted to a first sidewall of the bed, a line received on that reel, and a fastener carried on a distal end of the line. An anchor is carried on a second sidewall of the bed. In addition, the bed extender includes a support arm including a receiver that engages the line when the line is extended from the reel and fastened to the anchor. The support arm is mounted to the tailgate of the truck.