Extendable cargo bed floor

US11904951B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael John Harmon · Westland, US
• Ryan Mathew Sandor · North Wales, US
• Matthew B. Rutman · Howell, US
• Vincent Anthony Chimento · Plymouth, US
• Dragan B. Stojkovic · Taylor, US
• Jack Marchlewski · Saline, US
• Amol Borkar · Nagpur, IN
• Kirk E. Sanborn · Shelby Charter Township, US
• Ronald Meredith · Waterford, US
• Scott Culver Anderson · Oakley Park, US
• Daveanand M. Singh · Detroit, US
• Hussain Z. Tajmahal · Detroit, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R3/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo bed system includes a floor assembly for a cargo bed of a vehicle. The floor assembly is configured to transition back and forth between a standard floor position and an extended floor position. The floor assembly includes a plurality of floor sections each having a cargo support surface. The floor sections are folded when the floor assembly is in the standard floor position. The floor sections are unfolded when the floor assembly is in the extended floor position.