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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Gina Muia-longman, Seattle, WA (US);
Gina Muia-Longman, Seattle, WA (US);
PACCAR Inc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A hood assemblyfor a vehicleis disclosed. The hood assembly includes a hoodcoupled to the vehicle and movable between an open position and a closed position. The hood assembly also includes a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a locked position for selectively locking the hood in the open position and a release position for permitting the hood to move from the open position to the closed position. The hood assembly further includes a release assemblycoupled to the locking assembly for actuating the locking assembly between the locked position and the release position, wherein the release assembly is actuatable by a userstanding in front of the hood.