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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael King Lam, Birmingham, MI (US);
James Joseph Loschiavo, Livonia, MI (US);
Bhupendra Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/918 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/918 ;
Abstract
A truck latch system has a handle presented from the decklid within the trunk in substantially vertical fashion and is operative to move a trunk latch to an unlatched position when grasped and pulled in a generally downward direction to prevent the decklid from latching to a rear trunk wall and to unlatch the decklid from the trunk wall when latched thereto.