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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
David Lynch, Dearborn, PA (US);
Jerome Farrell, Canton, MI (US);
Leslie Ann Hersh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen Lewis Bruford, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A cap ( ) is provided for the load box ( ) of a vehicle, like a pickup truck ( ), including a box-like structure sized and adapted to fit on the load box to form an enclosed area for the storage of personal items, camping equipment, tools, parts or the like. On the forwardmost corner of the cap there is included a door ( ) in the form of three-sided box ( ), i.e., a door that wraps both around the forward corner of the cap and into the roof. Hinges ( ) are provided at the cutline with the roof so that the door opens upwardly. In the preferred embodiment, closable and latchable steps ( ) are structurally integrated into the a side of a load box at its forwardmost end and the door of the cap is aligned with the steps forming a doorway for improved ingress and egress to the enclosed area under the cap.