Convertible cargo rack

US8322772B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Jon C. Gilbeck · Bettendorf, US
• Darren D. Deblack · Oconomowoc, US
• Daniel J. Knight · Nicholasville, US
• Larry D. Swanson · Horicon, US
• Kenneth John Piber · Oconomowoc, US
• Joseph Oliver · Lincoln, US
• Gregory Alan Camenisch · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2002/363
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A convertible cargo rack has a platform attached to a rear seat back and pivots between a seating position and a cargo position. A side rail is linked to the platform and pivots together with the platform. The side rail provides a retaining structure above and around the perimeter of the platform in the cargo position, and is generally coplanar with the front, side and rear walls of the cargo box in the cargo position. Linkages between the platform and the side rail align the platform and the side rail so they are generally parallel to each other in any position.