Mega elongator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11110971-B2
Application number	US-202016807750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2020
Priority date	Dec 4, 2015
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tailgate extender of a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
a tailgate traverseable between an open position and a closed position;
a floor extension panel, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extend the floor of the bed as the tailgate of the truck is moved backwards while the tailgate is in the open position or the closed position;
one or more support structures attached to the bed that extend and retract as the tailgate is moved backwards and forwards;
an actuator that extends and retracts the tailgate backwards and forwards; and
a controller in communication with the actuator disposed on a truck bed or tailgate extender of the truck that a user can engage to control the actuator to extend and retract the tailgate.

2. The tailgate extender of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a button, switch, or electronic panel.

3. The tailgate extender of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a handle, or switch.

4. The tailgate extender of claim 1 wherein the controller is disposed on the tailgate of the truck.

5. The tailgate extender of claim 1 wherein the controller is disposed on sidewalls of the bed of the truck.

6. The tailgate extender of claim 1 wherein the controller is disposed on the bed of the truck.

7. A truck with a truck bed extender, the truck comprising:
a cab for holding a passenger and a driver;
a truck bed disposed behind the cab;
the truck bed extender comprising:
a stationary floor of the truck bed;
a telescoping floor which retracts and extends with respect to the stationary floor, a bumper and a tailgate, all of which are traversable between retracted and extended positions to extend a length of the truck bed;
a shock absorber attached to a frame of the truck and the bumper to absorb rear impact on the bumper when the telescoping floor, the bumper and the tailgate are in the extended position.

8. A tailgate extender of a bed of a truck, the tailgate extender comprising:
an extension panel, disposed adjacent to a floor of the bed, that extends the floor of the bed as a tailgate of the truck is moved backwards;
a driver-side panel that is traversed to an extended position as the tailgate is moved backwards;
a passenger-side panels that is traversed to an extended position as the tailgate is moved backwards; and
a rear bumper that remains stationary relative to a cab of the truck as the tailgate is moved backwards such that the rear bumper is disposed at a middle portion of the extended floor, the rear bumper having a width that is greater than a width of the tailgate so that the bumper protrudes laterally sideways past the one or more driver-side panels and the one or more passenger-side panels.

9. The tailgate extender of claim 8 , wherein the floor extension panel is disposed below the floor of the bed.

10. The tailgate extender of claim 8 , further comprising primary taillights on a driver-side wall and a passenger-side wall that remain stationary relative to the truck as the tailgate is moved backwards.

11. The tailgate extender of claim 8 , further comprising:
a motor that extends and retracts the tailgate; and
a controller that a user can engage to control the motor to extend and retract the tailgate.

12. The tailgate extender of claim 11 , wherein the controller comprises a button, switch, or electronic panel.

13. The tailgate extender of claim 11 , wherein the controller comprises a handle or switch disposed on the tailgate.

Assignees

• Singer Nicholas J

Inventors

• Singer Nicholas J

Classifications

• B62D33/0273 Primary

  Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks (B62D33/037 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R19/48

  combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds · CPC title

• B62D33/08

  comprising adjustable means (B62D33/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R19/32

  Fluid shock absorbers {, e.g. with coaxial coil springs} · CPC title

• B62D33/023

  Sideboard or tailgate structures {(vehicle side panels in general B62D25/02)} · CPC title