Extendable vehicle tailgate assembly

Details Extendable vehicle tailgate assembly Extendable vehicle tailgate assembly

1987-10-29

1988-10-18

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Variable capacity of body

296 376, 296 571, 224 4242, B62D 3308

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047782137

ABSTRACT:
An extension for a truck or other vehicle having a tailgate, with the extension including two side panels to be attached to the main tailgate of the vehicle in positions parallel to one another and for swinging movement with the main tailgate between its open and closed positions, an auxiliary tailgate which projects upwardly from a rear edge of the main tailgate in the open position of the main tailgate, and hinge structure mounting the auxiliary tailgate for swinging movement relative to the main tailgate and relative to the side panels, while the side panels remain generally parallel to one another, and from an active position of the auxiliary tailgate essentially perpendicular to the main tailgate to a retracted position essentially parallel to and essentially adjacent the main tailgate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4023850 (1977-05-01), Tillery
patent: 4136905 (1979-01-01), Morgan
patent: 4472639 (1984-09-01), Bianchi
patent: 4531773 (1985-07-01), Smith

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