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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Danny Jay Wilcox, Oregon City, OR (US);
Daniel George Willis, Portland, OR (US);
Danny Jay Wilcox, Oregon City, OR (US);
Daniel George Willis, Portland, OR (US);
SNF, Inc, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A tailgate and hinge assembly for a pickup truck includes a pair of L-shaped hinge brackets secured to opposite sides of the truck body of the pickup truck. Each hinge bracket has an inverted U-shaped cam track therein for receiving the hinge cam pins on the tailgate. This hinge assembly allows the tailgate to be readily moved between a vertical closed position, a horizontal position and a depending vertical position. The novel hinge assembly enables the tailgate to be maintained in the open horizontal position without the need of chains or linkages.