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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Jay Harold Olson, Moline, IL (US);
Dana Albert Sackfield, Moline, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle body panel is rotatable about a lower horizontal axis and has a clip latch at the upper portion of the panel that catches the edge portion of an adjacent stationary panel to trap the edge portion of an adjacent panel between the clip latch and the movable panel. The clip latch has a ramp surface engagable with the adjacent stationary panel to slightly deflect the movable panel away from the stationary panel until the ramp portion has cleared the edge of the stationary panel. The clip latch only locks the movable panel in the closed position, not the open position, so that the panel can be moved from the open to the closed position when standing in a position in which the clip latch can not be reached.