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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Joshua R. Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Jeffrey Hemphill, Tawas City, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A workpiece support is provided for a pickup truck tailgate. The tailgate includes a retractable step including a pair of step support members. The attachment brackets include a workpiece support bar and a riser that are attached to the step support members and to each other at a right angle. The workpiece support bar and riser may be fixedly attached to each other or attached by a pivot connector. Detachable connectors are provided to connect a workpiece support bar and riser detachably to the step support members.