Tailgate shaft and loading ramp for pick-up trucks

摘要

A slide for each end of a pick up truck tailgate; the slide allowing the tailgate shaft to be lifted from a U-shaped cup-portion of the slide, and allowing the shaft to be slided under the truck bed; the bracing arms that normally support the tailgate in a rearwardly horizontal position will in this design support the upper end of the tailgate as the tailgate is horizontally slided underneath the truck bed; the tailgate having a lip at its lower end for holding the shaft in the U-shaped cup when the tailgate is in rearward horizontal loading position.