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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Olins, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Diesel Equipment Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 / ; 414545 ; 74103 ;
Abstract
A powered closure mechanism for moving a tailgate from an open position to a closed position comprises a reciprocating drive mechanism mounted on the tailgate and a power transmission which connects the reciprocating drive to the tailgate so that it will rotate the tailgate between an open and closed position in response to operation of the reciprocating drive mechanism.