Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Fca US LLC

Theodore & Associates

Gregory VanderVoord

Chris P Theodore

Keith Albert Nagara

Christopher David Batty

Aaron Matthew Hanson

Daniel J Kangas

Mark C Trostle

Brandon L Faurote

Nicholas John Daiber

Dan M Zimmermann

Tyler Rusnak

Michael S Sullivan

Simeon W Kim

Jacob Scott Lanyon

Stephen Paul Leu

Randy J Hjelm

A tailgate frame for a vehicle with a tubular cross bar and the frame pivotally attach with the vehicle. A spare tire support pivot tube is rotatably mounted on the tubular cross bar to enable the spare tire support to move between a first inboard and a second outboard position on the vehicle. A spare tire mounting bracket is coupled with the pivot tube. The spare tire mounting bracket has a shaft that extends from pivot tube and terminates at a plate that receives the spare tire. The spare tire mounting bracket, in the first position, mounts the spare tire in the vehicle and, in the second position, mounts the spare tire outside of the vehicle.

Body mounted spare tire tailgate

Automobile

A folding vehicle structure includes a frame having a plurality of members. A first member intersects a second member at a first pivot point. A third member, spaced from the first and second members, intersects a fourth member, which is also spaced from the first and second members, at a second pivot point. The frame includes a first cross-member extending between the first and second intersection points. The frame is collapsible.

Folding vehicle

Growing community of inventors

Clarkston, MI, United States of America

Gregory VanderVoord