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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Edward Joseph Leonard Meszaros, Amhesrtburg, CA;
David Thomas Patrick, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/02 (2013.01); B60R 3/00 (2013.01); B60R 3/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cargo step pad comprising a container having a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls defining an opening and a lid coupled to the container and operable between a closed position, wherein the lid extends laterally beyond the opening, and an opened position, wherein at least a portion of a back wall of the container is positioned within a volume defined by the inner surface of the lid.