Cargo bed covering and enclosing assembly

US11772468B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael John Harmon · Westland, US
• Ryan Mathew Sandor · North Wales, US
• Amol Borkar · Nagpur, IN
• Ronald Meredith · Waterford, US
• Martyn Swain · Ann Arbor, US
• Scott Culver Anderson · Oakley Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D33/0273
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle assembly includes a cargo bed cover that covers a cargo bed of a vehicle when the cargo bed is in a standard bed position. The cargo bed cover is configured to provide an aft wall of the cargo bed when the cargo bed is in an extended bed position. A cargo bed providing method includes transitioning a cargo bed from a standard bed position to an extended bed position, and enclosing an aft end of the cargo bed with a cargo bed cover that covers the cargo bed when the cargo bed is in the standard bed position.