Truck tailgate with check strap

US10801237B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joshua Robert Hemphill · White Lake, US
• Jack Marchlewski · Saline, US
• Dragan B. Stojkovic · Taylor, US
• Brian Kenneth Sullivan · Plymouth, US
• Jeffrey Gray · Dearborn, US
• Robert Reiners · Grosse Ile Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/546
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A vehicle including a bed, and a tailgate, pivotally attached to the vehicle to close off a rear end of the bed, the tailgate having a front surface and a side with a pull tab recess. A check strap has a forward end attached to the bed and a rearward end; and an extension bracket has an extension plate pivotally connecting at a forward end to the rearward end of the check strap, a rear fastener pivotally securing the extension plate to the side of the tailgate, a pull tab extending through the extension plate and laterally slidable out of the pull tab recess, the extension plate extending essentially parallel to the front surface when the pull tab is received in the pull tab recess.