Extendable cargo bed side walls having cargo bed access openings

US11772714B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael John Harmon · Westland, US
• Ryan Mathew Sandor · North Wales, US
• Dragan B. Stojkovic · Taylor, US
• Amol Borkar · Nagpur, IN
• Christopher Bowser · Dearborn, US
• Sarah Schabel · Northville, US
• Dale F. Jordan, III · Royal Oak, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D33/027
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo bed system includes a side wall assembly of a cargo bed. The side wall assembly is configured to transition back-and-forth between a standard wall position and an extended wall position. The side wall assembly includes an extendable wall section and a fixed side wall section. The extendable wall section extends and retracts relative to the fixed side wall section when the side wall assembly transitions back-and-forth between the standard wall position and the extended wall position. The side wall assembly in the extended wall position provides a cargo bed access opening within the side wall assembly.