Truck bed divider

Claim 1

A truck bed divider for engagement with opposite sidewalls of a rear deck of a pickup truck, said divider comprising: (a) a first and second tubular arm members; (b) a pair of sidewall gripping members each secured to an outer end of each of said arm members; (c) a connector to capture each inner end of said arm members for adjustment thereof so that said arm members will extend axially outwardly with each of said sidewall gripping members bearing against one of the sidewalls of the rear deck of the pickup truck to hold cargo stationary within the rear deck of the pickup truck, wherein each of said sidewall gripping members is a suction cup secured to outer end of one of said arm members, wherein said connector is swivelled on said first arm for relative rotation therewith and said connector is threadedly connected to said arm; (d) said connector being hollow, having a flange at one end and internal threads adjacent the other end; (e) a retainer ring mounted on the inner end of said first arm member and a split ring spaced from said retainer on said first arm member for swivelly retaining said flange and wherein said arm members are of equal diameter and wherein said flange is formed by a cap threadedly mounted on said connector, said cap having an inwardly disposed flange.