US 11,772,714 B2
Extendable cargo bed side walls having cargo bed access openings
Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US); Ryan Mathew Sandor, North Wales, PA (US); Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US); Amol Borkar, Nagpur (IN); Christopher Bowser, Dearborn, MI (US); Sarah Schabel, Northville, MI (US); and Dale F. Jordan, III, Royal Oak, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,877.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257033 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/0273 (2013.01) [B60R 3/00 (2013.01); B62D 33/027 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cargo bed system, comprising:
a side wall assembly of a cargo bed, the side wall assembly configured to transition back-and-forth in a longitudinal direction of the cargo bed between a standard wall position and an extended wall position, the side wall assembly including an extendable wall section and a fixed side wall section, the extendable wall section having an upper side wall that is disposed vertically above the fixed wall section, the extendable wall section extending and retracting relative to the fixed side wall section when the side wall assembly transitions back-and-forth between the standard wall position and the extended wall position, the side wall assembly in the extended wall position providing a cargo bed access opening within the side wall assembly.