Scuff plate for cargo retention

US10065579B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• David Thomas Patrick · Canton, US
• Steve Mayes · Wayne, US
• Mark McCarthy · Ann Arbor, US
• Philip D. LaPenna · Waterford, US
• Logan Kluge · Traverse City, US
• Paul Alan Hellebuyck · South Lyon, US
• Thomas Matthew Lewis · Royal Oak, US
• Alfred Jacob Glauser · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/047
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.