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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 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); B60D 1/56 (2006.01); B60D 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/605 (2013.01); B60D 1/54 (2013.01); B60D 1/56 (2013.01); B60D 1/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trailer hitch cover assembly is provided. That trailer hitch cover assembly includes a roller and a flexible cover that is received on the roller. The flexible cover is displaceable between a retracted position wherein the flexible cover is wound onto the roller so as to provide access to a hitch receiver and a deployed position wherein the flexible cover extends from the roller so as to conceal the hitch receiver.