What is this accessory?

I was behind a 2nd gen sport this morning and he had metal bars blocking his whole rear window. The assembly was attached to his bed rails. Is it purely an anti theft device? Who makes it? It looked cool

 

not an anti theft device but something to protect rear window from items in the bed (see it a lot out here with the cattle ranches).

 

Headache rack? Need more information.

 

This

 

it would definitely serve as one though. you'd have to be skinny enough to pick corn through a picket fence to get past it!

 

it was a headache rack, thank you. Are they aptly named?

 

In my experience, yes.

 

Probably a backrack. These seem extremely popular.

http://www.backrack.com/truck-racks/backrack.html

 

I hauled a top-heavy compressor about a quarter of a mile in my first Tacoma. While going down a slight grade I lightly pressed the brake pedal and the compressor tipped over and broke out the rear window of the double cab. I fully admit it was my dumbass move, but it sounds like this accessory would have saved me several hundred dollars. The ones I've seen aren't very attractive, but if somebody's looking for a mod that would be real world beneficial, this could be it.

 

Sounds like what's commonly called a Headache Rack. Intention is to keep $h1T in the back of your truck from slamming into your window and breaking it during sudden stops, etc.

 

Never wanted one. Wish I had one when I broke rear window out of old Chevy with a kayak.

 

Back in my hay hauling days, a headache rack was an extension over the top of the cab to stack more bales on.

This was on a truck a bit bigger than a Taco...

 

backrack are my personal fave as far as looks, they also make another one which is all mesh and a wider top bar - but havent seen those on a tacoma