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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Carlos Emilio Merino Almeida, Benito Juarez, MX;
Jonatan Leff Yaffe, Mexico City, MX;
Jorge Manuel Rodriguez Vazquez, Atizapan de Zaragoza, MX;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for covering a hitch receiver. That apparatus includes a rotating cover displaceable between a first position concealing a hitch receiver from view and a second position allowing access to the hitch receiver. In one embodiment the cover includes two cooperating lugs and pivots about two pivot pins. In another embodiment the cover slides along opposed guide channels.