GM Files Patent For Length-Extending Pickup Truck Box
40
Sponsored Links
GM has filed a patent application for a dynamically adjustable box design for a pickup truck.
The GM patent filing has been assigned application number US 2023/0024934 A1 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and was published on January 26th, 2023. The patent was originally filed on July 26th, 2021, and lists Anthony Bernal from Farmington Hill, Michigan, and Orlando Espana from Windsor, Canada as the inventors.
The patent describes a vehicle composed of a chassis, a passenger compartment supported by the chassis, and a box supported by the chassis and located away from the passenger compartment. Critically, the box includes a lower bed section that’s fixed to the chassis, as well as an upped bed section and a tailgate that’s connected pivotally to the upper bed section. The upper bed section and the tail gate are both “shiftable relative to the lower bed.”
The way in which the GM length-extending pickup truck box shifts relative to the lower box section is rather complicated, but appears to incorporate a series of rollers and belts to make the bed either longer or shorter, as desired.
As the patent description describes, a dynamically adjustable box section allows more flexibility for the user, as the situation warrants. While a longer box allows a user to transport bigger objects, such as lumbar or plywood, it can increase the vehicle’s overall turning radius and make parking more difficult. On the flip side, shorter boxes make a vehicle easier to drive and easier to park, but limit the user in terms of carrying capacity. Of course, pickup truck buyers typically must weigh the benefits and drawbacks of both configurations, but with this GM length-extending patent, perhaps no such compromise is necessary.
In related news, a GM patent was published in November of last year detailing a design for a pickup truck cargo bed utility wall system for easy installation of items like cargo tie-downs or accessory storage.
Subscribe to GM Authority for more GM patent filing news, GM technology news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
- Sweepstakes Of The Month: Win a 2023 Corvette Z06 Convertible. Details here.
Sponsored Links
Sounds like a sliding floor mounted into the bed of the truck, not a extendable bed
I don’t believe that the multi box would be good with weather conditions that we get ,like snow and ice.I believe that General motor’s should invest in my multi functional truck box cover,that provides more use to the existing truck box,and cover’s it like a regular tauneau cover .and I also own the patent application rights for it as well.
Sincerely
Denis FLeury
I believe that if GM wants to make a difference with their trucks, and I have the perfect solution. I have invented the multi functional truck box cover on my Chevy Silverado and own the patent application rights for it as well. I believe that my cover would be a great investment to GM as my cover provides me with more Hite and With to my existing truck box and cover’s it like a regular tauneau cover.and also keeps the things in and the thief’s out.
Sincerely Denis