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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Bruce M. Grzegorzewski, Warren, MI (US);
William Charles Bisnack, Sterling Hts., MI (US);
Vincent L. Ruma, Clarkston, MI (US);
Richard J. Lange, Troy, MI (US);
Andrew J. Novajovsky, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Ajay Mahesh Kharod, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John J. Mascarello, Livonia, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle body has a first compartment for carrying passengers or cargo and a second compartment for carrying cargo rearwardly adjacent the first compartment. The body includes a frame defining an opening between the first and second compartments. The opening includes lower and upper portions. A window is mounted to the frame to close the upper portion of the opening. A closure panel is mounted to the frame and includes first and second hinged panel sections each pivotable between an open position permitting access through first and second portions, respectively, of the lower portion of the opening, and a closed position closing the first and second portions, respectively, of the lower portion of the opening.