US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Pickup truck bed tilt-out storage compartments" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,093, issued on April 21.

"Pickup truck bed tilt-out storage compartments" was invented by James Urbano (Woodbridge, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck bed storage device is provided having a cavity formed in a truck bed wall, defined by an opening in the truck bed wall; a door configured to cover the opening the truck bed wall, a hinge at a base of the door and to affix the door to the truck bed wall. The storage device also may include a pair of lateral wall extensions secured to each lateral side of the door that expand away from the truck bed wall upon opening of the door and contract into the truck bed wall upon closin...