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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a cargo bed of a vehicle, a passenger side rail mounted to a passenger side wall assembly of the cargo bed, and a driver side rail mounted to a driver side wall assembly of the cargo bed. A crossbar is slidably coupled to the passenger and driver side rails. The crossbar is slidable along the passenger and driver side rails between a forward position and a rearward position. The crossbar is closer to a cab of the vehicle when the crossbar is in the forward position than when the crossbar is in the rearward position.