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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter M. Burdon, Newmarket, CA;
Alan Lytle, Mississauga, CA;
Peter Oliver, Thornhill, CA;
Ruth Lytle, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Canada Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/00 ;
Abstract
A tailgate bed extender for a vehicle truck bed. The tailgate bed extender has a tray mounted on a vehicle tailgate and a rear frame pivotally coupled to the tray. Sidearms are pivotally coupled to opposing side edges of the rear frame and are attachable to the vehicle truck bed. A hinge assembly that has a rotation axis, which is movable relative to the tray, joins the rear frame to the tray. The tailgate bed extender is rotatable from a stored position in which the rear frame abuts the tray to a loading position in which the rear frame is at an angle of approximately 270 degrees to the tray.