I'm so sorry for your loss, that's very painful. As a woman I would say this is not sexist, driving a vehicle that is larger than what you are accustomed to is not a gender problem. My Mav is the largest vehicle I have ever owned and it takes time to be come comfortable with it. As for using...
I think you have your measurements wrong. 1.6' is about 20" which is the depth of the bed and the tailgate. Your device only extends to the mid point of the tailgate and not to the edge of the tailgate as it should. You need to make those legs longer. And as a table this device should be about...
I think the F design is pretty cool but my truck is painted Area 51 and smokey blacked out tail lights would not look good on my truck. I generally don't like the blacked out light look. If they had clear lens then maybe it would look good.
I wonder if it's possible to remove the parts from a wrecked Escape Hybrid and convert a Maverick. I'm sure it's not an easy thing to do but I see videos of people doing some crazy stuff to cars and it doesn't seem like this would be any worse.