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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Lund Motion Products, Inc., Buford, GA (US);
Inventor:
Anthony Nicholas Smith, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lund Motion Products, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A horizontally moving retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle, such as a low to the ground vehicle like a van. The horizontal vehicle step can provide access to different portions of the vehicle. Further, the horizontal vehicle step can act as a safety mechanism to reduce potential harm to a user in accidentally stepping in gaps between the vehicle and a curb.