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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Azazhusen V. Khatri, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B60R 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A truck bed foldable shelf includes a platform and a support hingedly attached to the platform with a first hinge at one end and hingedly attached to a truck bed rim at an opposing end with a second hinge, spaced apart from the first hinge, such that the shelf is configured to freely hang under the lip in a stowed position and lie in a horizontal orientation in a raised position.