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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
John Comiez, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Joseph Courtright, Allen Park, MI (US);
Vincent Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A closeout member is provided which may be disposed within an opening partially defined by a corner member and a rail edge of a side panel adjacent to a tailgate and tail lamp of a pickup truck box. The closeout member may include an outboard side secured to the corner member and shaped to substantially match a curvature of the corner member and a forward side secured at the rail edge such that the closeout member reinforces the curvature of the corner member. The closeout member may also include an inboard edge and an extension member extending at a substantially ninety degree angle downwardly from the inboard edge and may be at least partially secured to the corner member. The side panel and closeout member may be five or six thousand series aluminum.