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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nathan A. Everett, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/303 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/303 ;
Abstract
A horizontal hinged tailgate assembly is provided for a vehicle . The tailgate assembly includes a frame . A seating platform is provided which is connected to frame and has a seating surface . A seat back is included with a first position with a lower end connected to frame adjacent seating platform and an upper end oriented generally vertically upwards. The seat back also has a second table position with the lower end being connected to frame and with seat back extending rearwardly from frame