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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US);
Ryan Mathew Sandor, North Wales, PA (US);
Amol Borkar, Nagpur, IN;
Ronald Meredith, Waterford, MI (US);
Martyn Swain, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Culver Anderson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a cargo bed cover that covers a cargo bed of a vehicle when the cargo bed is in a standard bed position. The cargo bed cover is configured to provide an aft wall of the cargo bed when the cargo bed is in an extended bed position. A cargo bed providing method includes transitioning a cargo bed from a standard bed position to an extended bed position, and enclosing an aft end of the cargo bed with a cargo bed cover that covers the cargo bed when the cargo bed is in the standard bed position.