Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Patent
1988-06-20
1989-07-18
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
280166, B60R 302
Patent
active
048488216
ABSTRACT:
An unfolding ladder assembly for attachment to a tailgate is disclosed. The assembly includes a pair of plates for attachment to the outside of a tailgate, the plates providing surfaces against which edges of side frame members are biased in deployed position. Pivot pins are connected to the plates in spaced-apart relation, the pins engaging slots inside members of a step supporting frame. The frame is movable from a forward, deployed position where the pins engage rear portions of the slots, and the upper edges of said frame members, which form an obtuse angle with respect to the length of the frame, are biased upward against the plate surfaces. The step is projected rearward and downward from the tailgate by this means. A lower step frame supporting a second, lower step is pivotally attached to the lower end of the upper step frame. Notches in the side members of the lower step frame have surfaces that engage the upper step and hold the lower step in position. The assembly folds up against the outside of the tailgate for storage.
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Gruber John M.
Pedder Dennis H.
Phillips C. A.
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