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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Gunther Heim, Rodgau, DE;
Stephan Schutt, Russelsheim, DE;
Jurgen Hock, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Thomas Scherbaum, Forchheim, DE;
Wagon Automotive GmbH, Waldaschaff, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle door having a door frame (2; 2') and a covering (3; 3'; 3'; 36) attached to the outer side of the door frame. To accomplish that the outer covering (3; 3'; 3'; 36) of the vehicle door can be mounted on the door frame (2, 2') easily, quickly and economically and that it can be replaced in a simple manner, the covering (3; 3'; 3'; 36) is positioned on the door frame via a horizontal sliding movement. For this purpose, the door frame (2, 2') is respectively provided with a respective horizontal guide rail (9, 13) on its side facing the top and bottom edge region (6, 11; 11') of the covering (3; 3'; 3'; 36) into which guide rail the bent-back portions (8, 12) of the corresponding U-shaped edge regions (6, 11) of the covering (3; 3'; 3'; 36) are engaged.