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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Brownstown, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60B 39/12 (2006.01); B60P 7/14 (2006.01); B60R 3/04 (2006.01); E06C 1/10 (2006.01); E06C 7/14 (2006.01); E06C 7/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/007 (2013.01); B60B 39/12 (2013.01); B60P 7/14 (2013.01); B60R 3/04 (2013.01); E06C 1/10 (2013.01); E06C 7/14 (2013.01); E06C 7/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly, includes, among other things, an accessory usable as a climbing ladder to access an area of a vehicle. The accessory is also configured to be used as a recovery board. A method of using a vehicle accessory includes, among other things, accessing a vertically upper area of a vehicle using an accessory as a climbing ladder, the accessory also usable as a recovery board.