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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Lawrence Lipinski, Plymouth, MI (US);
Terrance Dean Savitsky, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stacey Ann Boersma, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
276 61 ; 414537 ;
Abstract
A combination tailgate and ramp assembly is provided for a pickup truck which includes a tailgate 28, a ramp 52, anchor means 32 in the form of a laterally extending anchor rod 44 accessible through a pair of windows 46, 48 in the tailgate 28 and mounting members 58, 60 pivotally engagable with the anchor rod 44 to provide a ramp surface to the inner surface 42 of the tailgate 28 upon insertion of the mounting members 58, 60 into pivotal engagement with the anchor rod 44.