Chrysler Corporation

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Chrysler Coproration

Trevor M Creed

Robert J Janosko

Raymond C Cannara

Steve Won

Dennis Myles

Thomas G Tremont

John P Sgalia

Clyde W Ney

John R Starr

David C McKinnon

Ricardo Z Aneiros

Michael H Nicholas

Gary D Guichard

Eric M Stoddard

Brandon L Faurote

Kevin R Verduyn

Khashayar Honarkhah

Darrel L Morley

Glenn W Abbott

Michael Santoro

Timothy W Anness

Donald A Renkert

Robert E Boniface

Michael G Moore

Micheal R Castiglione

Freeman J Thomas

John C Sodano

Phillip E Payne

Joseph A Papai

Alan R Barrington

Robert J Pitt

Joseph T Papai

Automobile body

Transmission shifter

Vehicle body

Spoiler

An apparatus conceals a trailer hitch socket and provides a step. The apparatus includes a generally planar main body portion having a first side and second side. The apparatus further includes a mounting arrangement for pivotally interconnecting the generally planar main body portion for articulation between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the generally planar main body portion is vertically oriented and conceals the trailer hitch socket. In the second position, the trailer hitch socket is horizontally oriented and provides the step.

Combined trailer hitch cover and step assembly

A roof rack has a pair of laterally spaced apart rails. A pair of channels in a roof panel of an automotive vehicle are spaced apart the same distance as the rails. Operating mechanism is provided for moving the rails from a raised position of use projecting above the roof panel to a retracted position within the channels. The rails when retracted are substantially flush with the top surface of the roof panel.

Retractable roof rack

Sport utility vehicle body

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Trevor M Creed