Convertible truck bed for pickup

Claim 1

A truck bed for a pickup truck body having a floor and sides of height (H) such that the floor area is limited to a generally rectangular shape dicated by a lateral dimension (A) between the truck body's sides and a longitudinal dimension B equal to the length of the floor, said truck bed comprising; (a) a removable frame having at least one lower leg portion of width (A) said lower leg end portion abutting the floor inside the truck body, said leg portion having an upper end at a height H above the lower end thereof. (b) said frame having two longidutinally extending members supported on said leg upper end portion and spaced from one another by a dimension at least approximately (A), (c) said frame having a forward bulkhead supported by forward ends of said longitudinally extending members, said bulkhead including laterally outwardly extending shelf support portions, (d) said frame having longitudinally extending shelf margin portions spaced outboard of and in the same plane as said longitudinal frame members, (e) at least two support struts extending between said longitudinal frame members and said shelf margin portions, (f) platform defining panel means provided on said longitudinally extending members, and shelf panels provided on said shelf support portions, said shelf margin portions and said shelf support struts, said platform panel means including at least two platform panels, each of said panels pivotably mounted to one of said longitudinally extending frame members, and said panels being movable to positions inclined outwardly and upwardly to form upwardly projecting sides of the truck body to increase the capacity of the basic truck body, and (g) side rails pivotably connected to said shelf margin portions, and means provided in part on said bulkhead for supporting said rails in upright positions perpendicular said plane.