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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US);
Ryan Mathew Sandor, North Wales, PA (US);
Vincent Anthony Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Amol Borkar, Nagpur, IN;
Christopher Bowser, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kirk E. Sanborn, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Michelle Lorraine Sacka, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Hussain Z. Tajmahal, Detroit, MI (US);
Dale F. Jordan, III, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle cargo bed system includes a floor assembly that transitions back-and-forth between a standard floor position and an extended floor position. The floor assembly includes floor sections each having a cargo support surface. The floor sections are folded when the floor assembly is in the standard floor position. The floor sections are unfolded when the floor assembly is in the extended floor position. The assembly further includes first and second side wall assemblies of the cargo bed that transition back-and-forth between a standard wall position and an extended wall position. The first and second side wall assemblies each include an extendable portion and a fixed portion. The extendable portions extend and retract relative to the respective fixed portions when the first and second side wall assemblies transition back-and-forth between the standard wall position and the extended wall position.