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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jay Robert Degenkolb, Rockwood, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/54 (2006.01); B60D 1/44 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B60D 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/54 (2013.01); B60D 1/488 (2013.01); B60D 1/565 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tow hook assembly includes a bracket and a tow loop carried on the bracket. The bracket includes a guide track. The tow loop is displaceable along the guide track between a retracted position and a deployed position. A method of deploying a tow loop is also disclosed.