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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Alan J E Cucknell, Cambridge, GB;
Iain J Sabberton, Cambridge, GB;
Peter D Cauwood, Cambridge, GB;
Julian a Scarfe, Cambridge, GB;
Jamie O Norris, Hereford, GB;
Neil R Mason, Kendal, GB;
Gordon Platto, Troy, MI (US);
Rafael Rego, Salvador, BR;
Amy Kim, Royak Oak, MI (US);
Alan J E Cucknell, Cambridge, GB;
Iain J Sabberton, Cambridge, GB;
Peter D Cauwood, Cambridge, GB;
Julian A Scarfe, Cambridge, GB;
Jamie O Norris, Hereford, GB;
Neil R Mason, Kendal, GB;
Gordon Platto, Troy, MI (US);
Rafael Rego, Salvador, BR;
Amy Kim, Royak Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A passenger vehicle is provided with a body having front and rear ends with an interior and a rear cargo region that includes a load floor. A rear opening provides access to the rear cargo region and a rear wall extends above the load floor and defines a lower peripheral region of the opening. A closure member is connected to the vehicle body for enclosing the opening. An adjustable load floor member has a retracted position along the load floor, and an extended position aligned with a lower peripheral region for assisting loading of cargo into the rear cargo region. A passenger vehicle is provided with an adjustable load floor member having a retracted position along the load floor, and an extended position for dividing the rear cargo region into at least two compartments.